WorksheetsHMH Brown Girl Dreaming Quiz Prep
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Brown Girl Dreaming is a...
short story
memoir
article
Brown Girl Dreaming is written in...
prose
verse (poetry)
Brown Girl Dreaming is written in verse.
true
false
Brown Girl Dreaming is structured as...
a collection of short stories
a series of short poems
Telling stories aloud is _____ for Jacqueline Woodson.
easy
difficult
What is the main conflict in Brown Girl Dreaming?
Jacqueline struggles to speak.
Jacqueline struggles to read and write.
Jacqueline struggles to make friends.
In "late autumn," Jacqueline is at first proud of herself for writing on the chalkboard, until she realizes...
she cannot figure out how to write the letter q
she cannot stop the tears from pouring out of her eyes
the teacher is not proud of her
In the poem "reading," Jacqueline is proud that...
she can write her full name in cursive
she is different from her sister
she cannot comprehend the stories she reads
What are italics?
slanted letters
basic letters
bolded letters
Jacqueline Woodson is the _______ of every poem in Brown Girl Dreaming.
poet
author
speaker
all of the above
Jacqueline Woodson has always wanted to be a ________.
teacher
lawyer
writer
The word hopeful means...
positive
optimistic
happy
all of the above
The word depressing means...
sad
hopeless
pessimistic
all of the above
Since her sister Odella is so brilliant, it often makes Jacqueline feel...
incapable
improved
hopeful
How does Jacqueline feel about her sister, Odella?
She is the exact same.
She is not as great.
She is better than Odella.
Stevie was an important book for Jacqueline to see at the library when she was a small child in 1970s America.
true
false
Stevie is a person of color, just like Jacqueline Woodson.
true
false
Jacqueline struggled with understanding books that she read.
true
false
Jacqueline felt a connection to a fictional character named Stevie.
true
false
It would be WISE to reread Brown Girl Dreaming before tomorrow's quiz.
true
false
