Brown Girl Dreaming Part IV

Where does the excerpt from Brown Girl Dreaming take place?

• Halsey Park

• New York City

• Uncle Robert's house

• Greenville, South Carolina

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In the poem "another way" from Brown Girl Dreaming, what does Woodson's mother bring home?

• a James Brown record

• wrapped presents

• board games

• a new TV

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In the poem "brooklyn rain" from Brown Girl Dreaming, how does Woodson feel about staying indoors?

• Staying indoors bores her.

• She is scared of the outdoors.

• Staying indoors makes her feel safe.

• She has more fun indoors than outdoors.

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In the excerpt from Brown Girl Dreaming, what is Woodson always doing?

• winning awards

• getting in trouble

• making things up

• trying to sneak out

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How can we tell that Woodson (the writer) is telling us something important in her writing?

• She repeats it

• She makes it rhyme

• She separates it from the other lines

• She puts parentheses ( ) around it

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Which sentence best describes Woodson?

• She feels left out.

• She dislikes her siblings.

• She has a lively imagination.

• She is the best singer in the family.

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In the excerpt from Brown Girl Dreaming, what is the main thing that readers learn about Odella, Woodson’s older sister?

• Odella is bossy.

• Odella is smart.

• Odella tells lies.

• Odella runs wild.

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In the excerpt from Brown Girl Dreaming, how does Uncle Robert feel about Woodson’s stories?

• They make him homesick.

• He thinks they are lies.

• They confuse him.

• He likes them.

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Which quotation from Brown Girl Dreaming most clearly supports the answer to Part A?

• …The boy says, / I was a baby. Says, She doesn’t remember him / and points to his silent sister.

• But we are already awake, all four of us, smiling / and jumping around / my uncle: What’d you bring me?

• I say, I know a girl ten times smarter than her. She gets diamonds every time she gets a hundred on a test.

• When he takes us to the park, Uncle Robert tells us, / If you catch a dandelion puff, you can make a wish.

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In Part IV of *Brown Girl Dreaming*, what is the significance of the setting in Brooklyn for Jacqueline Woodson's family?

• A) It represents a place of freedom and opportunity.

• B) It is a place of fear and uncertainty.

• C) It is where they feel most connected to their roots.

• D) It is a temporary stop before moving back to the South.

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