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HMH Brown Girl Dreaming Quiz Prep

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Brown Girl Dreaming is a...

a)

short story

b)

memoir

c)

article

2.

Brown Girl Dreaming is written in...

a)

prose

b)

verse (poetry)

3.

Brown Girl Dreaming is written in verse.

a)

true

b)

false

4.

Brown Girl Dreaming is structured as...

a)

a collection of short stories

b)

a series of short poems

5.

Telling stories aloud is _____ for Jacqueline Woodson.

a)

easy

b)

difficult

6.

What is the main conflict in Brown Girl Dreaming?

a)

Jacqueline struggles to speak.

b)

Jacqueline struggles to read and write.

c)

Jacqueline struggles to make friends.

7.

In "late autumn," Jacqueline is at first proud of herself for writing on the chalkboard, until she realizes...

a)

she cannot figure out how to write the letter q

b)

she cannot stop the tears from pouring out of her eyes

c)

the teacher is not proud of her

8.

In the poem "reading," Jacqueline is proud that...

a)

she can write her full name in cursive

b)

she is different from her sister

c)

she cannot comprehend the stories she reads

9.

What are italics?

a)

slanted letters

b)

basic letters

c)

bolded letters

10.

Jacqueline Woodson is the _______ of every poem in Brown Girl Dreaming.

a)

poet

b)

author

c)

speaker

d)

all of the above

11.

Jacqueline Woodson has always wanted to be a ________.

a)

teacher

b)

lawyer

c)

writer

12.

The word hopeful means...

a)

positive

b)

optimistic

c)

happy

d)

all of the above

13.

The word depressing means...

a)

sad

b)

hopeless

c)

pessimistic

d)

all of the above

14.

Since her sister Odella is so brilliant, it often makes Jacqueline feel...

a)

incapable

b)

improved

c)

hopeful

15.

How does Jacqueline feel about her sister, Odella?

a)

She is the exact same.

b)

She is not as great.

c)

She is better than Odella.

16.

Stevie was an important book for Jacqueline to see at the library when she was a small child in 1970s America.

a)

true

b)

false

17.

Stevie is a person of color, just like Jacqueline Woodson.

a)

true

b)

false

18.

Jacqueline struggled with understanding books that she read.

a)

true

b)

false

19.

Jacqueline felt a connection to a fictional character named Stevie.

a)

true

b)

false

20.

It would be WISE to reread Brown Girl Dreaming before tomorrow's quiz.

a)

true

b)

false