Brown Girl Dreaming Practice questions
Authored by Shirley Byrden
English
6th - 8th Grade
CCSS covered
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
in the poem "late autumn", the speaker changes from feeling
interested to bored
frustrated to hopeful
confident to discouraged
misunderstood to beloved
Tags
CCSS.RL.6.4
CCSS.RL.7.10
CCSS.RL.7.4
CCSS.RL.7.5
CCSS.RL.8.5
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
The three lines of the poem "when i tell my family" show that the speaker
is better at writing stories than speaking
plans to be a writer no matter what
wants to become a lawyer
wants to write about her family
Tags
CCSS.RL.7.10
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.7.5
CCSS.RL.8.10
CCSS.RL.8.5
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
Jacqueline Woodson's comparisons to her sister show
how good Odella is at writing
how jealous she is of her sister
that she feels she does not measure up to Odella
how much she has improved in reading
Tags
CCSS.RL.5.3
CCSS.RL.6.3
CCSS.RL.7.3
CCSS.RL.8.3
CCSS.RL.9-10.3
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
Which is an example of figurative language from Brown Girl Dreaming?
words from the book curl around each other
we are allowed to take out seven books each
only my name comes quickly
no one is there to say, not that book
Tags
CCSS.RL.7.4
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.7.5
CCSS.RL.8.10
CCSS.RL.8.5
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
What is the poem "reading" mainly about
how she struggles in school
she behaves like her sister
wants to be a writer
she takes pride in being different from her sister
Tags
CCSS.RL.6.4
CCSS.RL.7.10
CCSS.RL.7.4
CCSS.RL.7.5
CCSS.RL.8.10
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
Which of the following lines shows what Woodson believes about herself?
They tell us we're too immature to even begin to understand
Sometimes, I lie about my father
Already I'm drawing circles on the glass, humming
But I'm not smart like Dell.
Tags
CCSS.RL.6.4
CCSS.RL.7.10
CCSS.RL.7.5
CCSS.RL.8.10
CCSS.RL.8.5
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
What is a Memoir?
the reason or intent of a piece of writing
a title given to a subsection of a piece of writing
a vivid form of description that appeals to readers' senses
written account in which someone describes past experiences
Tags
CCSS.RI.11-12.10
CCSS.RI.6.10
CCSS.RI.7.10
CCSS.RI.8.10
CCSS.RI.9-10.10
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