WorksheetsReading "from Brown Girl Dreaming"
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 6mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Woodson is jealous of Odella, her sister. What is she jealous of?
a)
Odella is popular.
b)
Odella gets a lot of presents.
c)
Odella is fun.
d)
Odella is smart.
2.
What does Uncle Robert feel about Woodson's stories?
a)
He likes them.
b)
He thinks she is lying.
c)
He doesn't want to hear them.
d)
He thinks she needs to grow up.
3.
Which is TRUE about a memoir?
a)
It is a made up story.
b)
It is always written as poetry.
c)
It is a true story about the author's life.
d)
It is about a famous person.
4.
Prose are....
a)
poems
b)
complete sentences and paragraphs
c)
stanzas
5.
Stanzas are.....
a)
paragraphs
b)
sentences
c)
sections of poetry
6.
If the story is told from the author's perspective, which point of view is being used?
a)
1st person
b)
3rd person
7.
humming
a)
singing aloud
b)
playing the piano
c)
singing with closed lips
d)
strumming a guitar
8.
shushes
a)
sweeps the floor
b)
turns down the radio
c)
turns up the volume
d)
tells or signals someone to be quiet
9.
Which sentence best describes Woodson?
a)
She feels left out.
b)
She dislikes her siblings.
c)
She has a lively imagination.
d)
She is the best singer in the family.
10.
Which sentence has the best example of onomatopoeia
a)
The dice clattered onto the floor.
b)
We slid across the floor in our socks.
c)
Here is a book of nursery rhymes.
d)
It is raining cats and dogs outside.
11.
Which is the best example of onomatopoeia?
a)
singer
b)
leaped
c)
screeched
d)
microphone
12.
Where does "Brown Girl Dreaming" take place?
a)
Greenville, South Carolina
b)
a farm
c)
Brooklyn, New York
d)
Uncle Robert's house
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