WorksheetsFrom brown girl dreaming
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
In the excerpt from Brown Girl Dreaming, what is the main thing that readers learn about Odella, Woodson's older sister?
Odella is crazy
Odella is funny
Odella is smart.
Odella is bossy
The author tells her story in verse instead of prose most likely because —
she wants to have a brief but powerful impact
she does not write well
she does not write well
she wants to emphasize the setting
In the poem "brooklyn rain" from Brown Girl Dreaming, how does Woodson feel about staying indoors?
Staying indoors bores her.
she feels happy
She enjoy her time playing board games
How can we tell that Woodson (the writer) is telling us something important in her writing?
She compares it
she wrote a paragraph
She repeats it
Which sentence best describes Woodson?
She has a lively imagination.
she is bossy
she feels bored
she is smart
Which line shows that Woodson's mother does not approve of her stories?
If you lie, she says, one day you'll steal
keep making up stories
you will get attention
The poems reveal that as a child the author struggled with . . .
reading and writing
singing
is not successful at school
Which is TRUE about a memoir?
Paragraph
Stanza
It is a true story about the author's life.
Stanzas are.....
paragraphs
story
sections of poetry
Which line shows that Woodson makes up stories all the time?
she is smart
I like to swim
I know a girl 10x's smarter than her. She gets diamonds...
