Selection Test from Brown Girl Dreaming

In which location is the segment from Brown Girl Dreaming set?

• Park Halsey

• City of New York

• House of Uncle Robert

• South Carolina, Greenville

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

In the poem “another way" from Brown Girl Dreaming, what item does Woodson's mother bring into the house?

• James Brown record

• Christmas gifts

• board games

• new TV

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CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

In the passage from Brown Girl Dreaming, what is the primary characteristic of Odella, Woodson's elder sister, that readers understand?

• Odella is domineering.

• Odella is intelligent.

• Odella is untruthful.

• Odella is unruly.

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

In the passage from Brown Girl Dreaming, what is Uncle Robert's reaction to Woodson's tales?

• They remind him of home.

• He believes they are fabrications.

• They perplex him.

• He enjoys them.

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

What sets the memoir Brown Girl Dreaming apart from many others?

• It is composed of poems.

• It is written as a letter.

• It uses a first-person perspective.

• It narrates the author's childhood experiences.

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CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

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

• The snowflakes are flying away.

• The snowflakes are soft and light.

• The snowflakes are falling rapidly.

• The snowflakes are sticking to her.

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

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

• sight

• taste

• touch

• hearing

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CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

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.

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

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

• Staying indoors bores her.

• She is scared of the outdoors.

• Staying indoors makes her feel safe.

• She has more fun indoors than outdoors.

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

Which line or lines in “brooklyn rain" from Brown Girl Dreaming most clearly support the answer to Part A?

• The rain here is different than the way / it rains in Greenville.

• Just Mama saying, Stay inside today. It's raining....

• ...Nothing to do but / watch / the gray sidewalk grow darker…...

• Down south already feels like a long time ago....

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4