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Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 10mins
What does Woodson's mother bring home in the poem, "another way"?
a new TV
a James Brown Record
board games
wrapped presents
In "gifted", what is the MAIN thing the reader learns about Odella, Woodson's older sister?
Odella is bossy
Odella is smart
Odella tells lies
Odella runs wild
How does Uncle Robert feel about Woodson's stories?
They confuse him
They make him homesick.
He thinks they are lies.
He likes them.
What makes Brown Girl Dreaming DIFFERENT from most memoirs?
It is written as poems.
It is written as prose.
It is written as letters.
It tells about memories from the author's childhood.
If something is feathery, it is ...
sticking to you
falling fast
flying away
soft and light
If someone is humming, you can
taste it
smell it
hear it
smell it
If someone SHUSHES you, she is asking you to
not make any noise
cheer wildly
flatten like a pancake.
tiptoe through the mud.
How does Woodson feel about staying inside on a rainy day?
She is bored indoors and wants to go outside.
She is scared to go outside.
She feels safe inside.
She has more fun indoors than outdoors.
Does this line support how Woodson feels about staying inside on a rainy day:
... Nothing to do but / watch / the gray sidewalk grow darker
Yes
No
As a child, Woodson is always
winning awards
reading her books on podcast
making things up
getting in trouble
A lie Woodson makes up is: I know a girl ten times smarter than her. She gets diamonds every time she gets a hundred on a test.
True
False
In Brown Girl Dreaming, Woodson is BEST described as
feeling left out
disliking her siblings
having a lively (big, active) imagination
dancing to the latest songs.
Which quote best supports Woodson big imagination
It is hard to understand / the way my brain works ... / how each new story / I'm told becomes a thing ...
... When I read the words twist / twirl across the page / When they settle, it is too late.
Woodson's mom believes
her children will commit crimes if they go outside.
Uncle Robert works the kids up (gets them too excited).
Her daughter's stories sound like lies.
Is Brown Girl Dreaming written in Prose or Poetry?
Poetry
Prose
In place of paragraphs, poetry uses
Stanzas
Sentences
Interesting details
memoir
Onomatopoeia is
words that represent sounds. For example: clatter
a saying that does not mean what it says. For example, It is raining cats and dogs.
comparison of 2 things using like or as
g
Nouns are
action words
Person, place or things
describing words
common nouns need capitalized
True
False
F
a possessive nouns shows that something belongs to someone. Which is correct
uncles record
uncle's records
uncles record's
kid's like
Where does Brown Girl Dreaming take place?
New York City
Uncle Robert's House
Greenville, South Carolina
Halsey Park
