Comprehension
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
b. New York City
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.
b. The snowflakes are soft and light.
In the poem "Brooklyn Rain," how does Woodson feel about staying indoors?
a. Staying indoors bores her.
b. She is scared of the indoors.
c. Staying indoors makes her feel safe.
d. She has more fun indoors than outdoors.
a. Staying indoors bores her.
Which of these sentences contain the best example of an onomatopoeia?
a. The dice clattered onto the tabletop.
b. We slid across the floor in our socks.
c. Here is a book of nursery rhymes.
d. It's raining cats and dogs outside.
a. The dice clattered onto the tabletop.
From what point of view is Brown Girl Dreaming?
a. first-person point of view
b. second-person point of view
c. third-person point of view
d. fourth-person point of view
a. first-person point of view
In the poem "Another way," from Brown Girl Dreaming, what does Woodson's mother bring home?
a. a James Brown record
b. wrapped presents
c. board games
d. a new TV
c. board games
Your little brother is humming at the dinner table. Which of your senses tells you this?
a. sight
b. taste
c. touch
d. hearing
d. hearing
Which line or lines in "Brooklyn rain" most clearly supports how Woodson feels about staying indoors?
a. The rain here is different than the way/it rains in Greenville.
b. Just Mama saying, Stay inside today. It's raining...
c. Nothing to do but/watch/they gray sidewalk grow darker...
c. Nothing to do but/watch/the gray sidewalk grow darker...
Which of these words is the best example of onomatopoeia?
a. singer
b. leaped
c. screeched
d. microphone
c. screeched
Which quotation best illustrates the point of view?
a. No slip and slide through the 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.
c. I went up a hill yesterday, I say
In the excerpt from Brown Girl Dreaming, what is the main thing that readers learn about Odella, Woodson's older sister?
a. Odella is bossy.
b. Odella is smart.
c. Odella tells lies.
d. Odella runs wild.
b. Odella is smart
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.
a. Grandma softly tells the children not to make any noise.
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
c. making things up
Which word in this sentence is a common noun?
The Jacksons took the train from Atlanta to Dallas.
a. Jacksons
b. took
c. train
d. Dallas
c. train
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 of the author's own life.
c. It is written in stanzas, not paragraphs.
d. It presents a single author's thoughts.
c. It is written in stanzas, not paragraphs.
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.
d. He likes them.
A spongy, cushioned feeling when walking on a flexible surface.
a. humming
b. squish
c. feathery
d. twirl
b. squish
Which quotation from Brown Girl Dreaming most clearly supports what Woodson is always doing?
a. The boy says, /I was a baby, Says she doesn't remember him/ and points to his silent sister.
b. But we are already awake, all four of us, smiling/and jumping around/my uncle: What'd you bring me?
c. I say, I know a girl ten times smarter than her. She gets diamonds every time she gets a hundred on a test.
d. When he takes us to the park, Uncle Robert tells us, /If you catch a dandelion puff, you can make a wish.
c. I say I know a girl ten times smarter than her. She gets diamonds every time she gets a hundred on a test.
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
b. b. When it rains, the kids like to listen to their uncle's records.
Read these lines from "believing," in Brown Girl Dreaming.
But my mother accuses me of lying. If you lie, she says, one day you'd 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.
c. She uses dialogue to show that two characters disagree.
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.
a. It is made up of poems.
Singing with closed lips and without words
a. humming
b. twirl
c. twist
d. feathery
a. humming
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.
c. She has a lively imagination.
Which sentence correctly uses a proper noun?
a. Our Mothers' favorite singer is from a small town in georgia.
b. Our mother's favorite Singer is from a small town in georgia.
c. Our Mothers' favorite singer is from a small town in georgia
d. Our mother's favorite singer is from a small town in Georgia.
Our mother's favorite singer is from a small town in Georgia.
Jacqueline Woodson's collection of poems is a:
a. memoir
b. prose
c. stanza
d. fragment
a. memoir
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 gers the children too worked up.
d. Her daughter's stories sound like lies.
d. Her daughter's stories sound like lies.
Turn around and around quickly
a. shushes
b. humming
c. feathery
d. twirl
d. twirl
Which quotation from Brown Girl Dreaming most clearly supports the sentence that best describes Woodson?
a. His feet are magic/and we all try to slide across the floor like he does, /our own feet again and again, /betraying us.
b. When I read, the words twist/twirl across the page. /When they settle, it is too late./The class has already moved on.
c. Who was with you? /Nobody. /But you're not allowed to go to the park without anyone./ I just did.
d. It's hard to understand/the way my brain works.../How each new story/I'm told becomes a thing/that happens,/in some other way/ to me...!
d. It's hard to understand/the way my brain works.../How each new story/I'm told becomes a thing/that happens,/in some other way/ to me...!
Which of the following is NOT and onomatopoeia?
a. dance
b. woof
c. kaboom!
d. shhhh
a. dance
When the author uses words that appeal to our five senses, she is using:
a. prose
b. fragments
c. sensory language
d. proper nouns
c. sensory language