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WorksheetsReading quiz (From Brown girl dreaming)
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
turn around and around quickly
humming
squish
twirl
feathery
singing with closed lips and without words
twirl
humming
squish
twirl
wind or spin around one another
squish
humming
feathery
twist
spongy, cushioned feeling when walking on a flexible surface
squish
twist
feathery
twirl
light and airy, like the touch of a feather
humming
feathery
twist
squish
a writer tells a true story from a specific period in his or her own life
mood
genre
point of view
memoir
tells or signals someone to be quiet
squish
shushes
twist
twirl
Where does the excerpt from Brown Girl Dreaming take place?
Halsey Park
New York City
Uncle Robert's house
Greenville, South Carolina
What makes Brown Girl Dreaming different from most memoirs?
It is made up of poems.
It takes the form of a letter.
It has first-person point of view.
It tells about the author's childhood experiences.
Which of the following sentences best shows the meaning of shushes?
Grandma softly tells the children not to make any noise.
Jackson puts on his boots and wades through the mud.
Isa cheers wildly for the home team when they score.
Evan flattens each ball of cookie dough into a circle.
n. spongy, cushioned feeling when walking on a flexible surface
squish
twirl
twist
feathery
adj. light and airy, like the touch of a feather
shushes
twirl
humming
feathery
Brown Girl Dreaming is written in...
prose.
verse.
Spanish.
French.
Which poem is about the surprise visit of the author's uncle?
brooklyn rain
gifted
uncle robert
sometimes
Which poem hints to jealousy and envy of an older sibling?
"sometimes"
"gifted"
"another way"
"wishes"
Which poem compares the happy memories of her old home to the newness and unfamiliarity of her new home?
"sometimes"
"believing"
"wishes"
"brooklyn rain"
Which poem showcases the author's vivid imagination and ability to weave memories of her past with the realities of her present?
"another way"
"believing"
"wishes"
"brooklyn rain"
a writer tells a true story from a specific period in his or her own life
mood
genre
point of view
memoir
