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WorksheetsBrown Girl Dreaming - Chapter 1 Quiz
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 7mins
Why does Woodson use italics (slanted writing) in the poem “Second Daughter’s Second Day on Earth”?
Woodson uses italics to describe the lives of famous activists.
Woodson uses italics to show dialogue between family members.
Woodson uses italics to describe the day of her birth in her own voice.
Woodson uses italics to show the difference between spoken words and her own thoughts.
Who do the “ghosts” refer to in the poem “the ghosts of the nelsonville house”?
“Ghosts” figuratively refer to relatives who lived in the house when they were young.
“Ghosts” figuratively refer to family members who have passed away.
“Ghosts” refer to actual ghosts that haunt the Nelsonville home.
“Ghosts” refer to negative characteristics of her family members.
How do the poems “it’ll be scary sometimes” and “football dreams” develop similar ideas about Jacqueline’s family?
They suggest that Jacqueline’s father was devoted to his own family.
They suggest that Jacqueline’s family was admired in their community.
They illustrate a history of hard work and achievement in Jacqueline’s family.
They illustrate a history of Jacqueline’s family supporting each other through hard times.
What is Woodson’s most likely reason for including several poems about her father’s side of the family?
To show Jacqueline’s confusion about who she should become as she grows up.
To establish the conflict between her mother’s and father’s side of the family.
To highlight her sense of pride in her family’s strength and excellence.
To establish her family’s involvement in important historical events.
Deserts are often _ because they are so hot and dry.
barren
lush
empty
lonely
The night sky was clear so we could gaze up and see the _ perfectly.
constellation
big dipper
moon
It is said that Abraham Lincoln _ over three million slaves.
captured
emancipated
employed
Brown Girl Dreaming takes place during the ____ to the ____.
1940s to the 1950s
1960s to the 1970s
1980s to the 1990s
2000s to the 2010s
Brown Girl Dreaming is a novel in verse meaning ____________.
it is a story told from different character's points of view.
it is a story told through song lyrics.
it is a story through poems.
What is setting?
Setting is the universal message about life in a story.
Setting is the perspective in which a story is told.
Setting is the time and place a story occurs.
What is a free verse poem?
A free verse poem is a poem in which everything rhymes.
A free verse poem is a poem where there is a specific meter (rhythm).
A free verse poem is a poem without a regular rhyme or meter (rhythm).
A free verse poem is a poem where every other line rhymes.
A verse is a group of lines in a poem.
True
False
A verse is similar to a stanza (a group of lines in a poem).
True
False
