Brown Girl Dreaming

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.

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

• winning awards

• getting in trouble

• making things up

• trying to sneak out

Which sentence best describes Woodson in Brown Girl Dreaming?

• She feels left out.

• She dislikes her siblings.

• She has a lively imagination.

• She is the best singer in the family.

Which quotation from Brown Girl Dreaming most clearly supports the statement Woodson has a lively imagination?

• ...His feet are magic / and we all try to slide across the floor like he does, / our own feet, again and again, / betraying us.

• ...When I read, the words twist / twirl across the page. / When they settle, it is too late. / The class has already moved on.

• Who was with you? / Nobody. / But you're not allowed to go to the park without anyone. / I just did.

• 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...!

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

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

• Children should not speak until they are spoken to.

• Uncle Robert gets the children to worked up.

• Her daughter's stories sound like lies.

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

• ...No slip and slide through grass.

• Uncle Robert has moved to New York City!

• I went up a hill yesterday, I say.

• Sometimes, that's the way things happen.

Where does the excerpt from Brown Girl Dreaming take place?

• Halsey Park

• New York City

• Uncle Robert's house

• Greenville, South Carolina

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.

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

• winning awards

• getting in trouble

• making things up

• trying to sneak out

Which sentence best describes Woodson in Brown Girl Dreaming?

• She feels left out.

• She dislikes her siblings.

• She has a lively imagination.

• She is the best singer in the family.