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Brown Girl Dreaming Part III

Total questions: 27

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the main thing we learn about Jacqueline's older sister, Odella?

a)

Odella is smart and she reads.

b)

Odella is bossy.

c)

Odella runs wild.

d)

Odella tells lies.

2.

Which sentence best describes Jacqueline Woodson?

a)

She feels left out.

b)

She has a lively imagination.

c)

She dislikes her family.

d)

She is the best singer in the family.

3.

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.

4.

In the poem "Another Way", what does Jacqueline's mother bring home?

a)

board games

b)

wrapped presents

c)

a new TV

a new TV

d)

James Brown record

5.

Brown Girl Dreaming is what type of writing?

a)

A memoir written in poetry

b)

An informative essay

c)

An argument essay

6.

A memoir is ...

a)

a story that has no real events

b)

an essay

c)

a memory of important events told by the author about his or her own life

7.

What is something that Jacqueline is always doing?

a)

winning awards

b)

making things up

c)

getting in trouble

d)

trying to sneak out

8.

True or False: Brown Girl Dreaming discusses Jacqueline Woodson's early childhood.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

Where does the excerpt from Brown Girl Dreaming take place?

a)

Halsey Park

b)

New York City

c)

Uncle Robert's house

d)

Greenville, South Carolina

10.

In the excerpt from Brown Girl Dreaming, what is the main thing that readers learn about Odella, Woodson's older sister?

a)

Odella is boss.

b)

Odella is smart.

c)

Odella tells lies.

d)

Odella runs wild.

11.

In the excerpt from Brown Girl Dreaming, how does Uncle Robert feel about Woodson's stories?

a)

They make him homesick.

b)

He thinks they are lies.

c)

They confuse him.

d)

He likes them.

12.

What makes Brown Girl Dreaming different from most other memoirs?

a)

It is made up of poems.

b)

It takes the form of a letter.

c)

It has a first-person point of view.

d)

It tells about the author's childhood experiences.

13.

If Mia says that the snowflakes are feathery, what does she mean?

a)

The snowflakes are flying away.

b)

The snowflakes are soft and light.

c)

The snowflakes are falling rapidly.

d)

The snowflakes are sticking to her.

14.

Your little brother is humming at the dinner table. Which of your senses tells you this?

a)

sight

b)

taste

c)

touch

d)

hearing

15.

Which of the following sentences best shows the meaning of shushes?

a)

Grandma softly tells the children not to make any noise.

b)

Jackson puts on his boots and wades through the mud.

c)

Isa cheers wildly for the home team when they score.

d)

Evan flattens each ball of cookie dough into a circle.

16.

In the poem "brooklyn rain" from Brown Girl Dreaming, how does Woodson feel about staying indoors?

a)

Staying indoors bores her.

b)

She is scared of the outdoors.

c)

Staying indoors makes her feel safe.

d)

She has more fun indoors than outdoors.

17.

In the excerpt from Brown Girl Dreaming, what is Woodson always doing?

a)

winning awards

b)

getting in trouble

c)

making things up

d)

trying to sneak out

18.

In the excerpt from Brown Girl Dreaming, what does Woodson's mother believe?

a)

If she lets her children outdoors, they will commit crimes.

b)

Children should not speak until they are spoken to.

c)

Uncle Robert gets the children too worked up.

d)

Her daughter's stories sound like lies.

19.

Which sentence best describes Woodson in Brown Girl Dreaming?

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.

20.

From what point of view is Brown Girl Dreaming told?

a)

first-person point of view

b)

second-person point of view

c)

third-person point of view

d)

fourth-person point of view

21.

Which quotation from Brown Girl Dreaming best illustrates first-person point of view?

a)

...No slip and slide through grass.

b)

Uncle Robert has moved to New York City!

c)

I went up a hill yesterday, I say.

d)

Sometimes, that's the way things happen.

22.

How can you tell that Brown Girl Dreaming is not an example of prose?

a)

It is long and filled with interesting details.

b)

It tells a story from the author's own life.

c)

It is written in stanzas, not paragraphs.

d)

It presents a single author's thoughts.

23.

Read these lines from "believing," in Brown Girl Dreaming.

But my mother accuses me of lying.

If you lie, she says, one day you'll steal.

I won't steal.


What does the author use most clearly in these lines from her memoir, and why?

a)

She uses line breaks to show point of view.

b)

She uses strong verbs to move the plot forward.

c)

She uses dialogue to show that two characters disagree.

d)

She uses vivid words to create images in the reader's mind.

24.

Which of these words is the best example of onomatopoeia?

a)

singer

b)

leaped

c)

screeched

d)

microphone

25.

Which word in this sentence is a common noun?

a)

Jacksons

b)

took

c)

train

d)

Dallas

26.

Which sentence correctly uses a possessive noun?

a)

When it rain's, the kids like to listen to their uncles records.

b)

When it rains, the kids like to listen to their uncle's records.

c)

When it rains, the kid's like to listen to their uncles records.

d)

When it rains, the kids like to listen to their uncles record's.

27.

Which sentence correctly uses a proper noun?

a)

Our Mother's favorite singer is from a small town in georgia.

b)

Our mother's favorite Singer is from a small town in georgia.

c)

Our Mother's favorite singer is from a small Town in georgia.

d)

Our mother's favorite singer is from a small town in Georgia.