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English
6th
grade
from Brown Girl Dreaming (myPerspectives)
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- 1. Multiple Choice
Where does the excerpt from Brown Girl Dreaming take place?
Halsey Park
New York City
Uncle Robert's house
Greenville, South Carolina
- 2. Multiple Choice
In the poem "another way" from Brown Girl Dreaming, what does Woodson's mother bring home?
a James Brown record
wrapped presents
board games
a new TV
- 3. Multiple Choice
In the excerpt from Brown Girl Dreaming, what is the main thing that readers learn about Odella, Woodson's older sister?
Odella is boss.
Odella is smart.
Odella tells lies.
Odella runs wild.
- 4. Multiple Choice
In the excerpt from Brown Girl Dreaming, how does Uncle Robert feel about Woodson's stories?
They make him homesick.
He thinks they are lies.
They confuse him.
He likes them.
- 5. Multiple Choice
What makes Brown Girl Dreaming different from most other memoirs?
It is made up of poems.
It takes the form of a letter.
It has a first-person point of view.
It tells about the author's childhood experiences.
- 6. Multiple Choice
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.
- 7. Multiple Choice
Your little brother is humming at the dinner table. Which of your senses tells you this?
sight
taste
touch
hearing
- 8. Multiple Choice
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.
- 9. Multiple Choice
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.
- 10. Multiple Choice
In the excerpt from Brown Girl Dreaming, what is Woodson always doing?
winning awards
getting in trouble
making things up
trying to sneak out
- 11. Multiple Choice
Which sentence best describes Jacqueline 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.
- 12. Multiple Choice
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 too worked up.
Her daughter's stories sound like lies.
- 13. Multiple Choice
From what point of view is Brown Girl Dreaming told?
first-person point of view
second-person point of view
third-person point of view
fourth-person point of view
- 14. Multiple Choice
Which quotation from Brown Girl Dreaming best illustrates the speaker's voice or the 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.
- 15. Multiple Choice
How can you tell that Brown Girl Dreaming is NOT an example of prose?
It is long and filled with interesting details.
It tells a story from the author's own life.
It is written in stanzas, not paragraphs.
It presents a single author's thoughts.
- 16. Multiple Choice
Read these lines from "believing," in Brown Girl Dreaming.
But my mother accuses me of lying.
If you lie, she says, one day you'll steal.
I won't steal.
What does the author use most clearly in these lines from her memoir, and why?
She uses line breaks to show point of view.
She uses strong verbs to move the plot forward.
She uses dialogue to show that two characters disagree.
She uses vivid words to create images in the reader's mind.
- 17. Multiple Choice
Which of these sentences contains the best example of onomatopoeia?
The dice clattered onto the tabletop.
We slid across the floor in our socks.
Here is a book of nursery rhymes.
It's raining cats and dogs outside.
- 18. Multiple Choice
Which of these words is the best example of onomatopoeia?
singer
leaped
screeched
microphone
- 19. Multiple Choice
Which word in this sentence is a common noun?
Jacksons
took
train
Dallas
- 20. Multiple Choice
Which sentence correctly uses a possessive noun?
When it rain's, the kids like to listen to their uncles records.
When it rains, the kids like to listen to their uncle's records.
When it rains, the kid's like to listen to their uncles records.
When it rains, the kids like to listen to their uncles record's.
- 21. Multiple Choice
Which sentence correctly uses a proper noun?
Our Mother's favorite singer is from a small town in georgia.
Our mother's favorite Singer is from a small town in georgia.
Our Mother's favorite singer is from a small Town in georgia.
Our mother's favorite singer is from a small town in Georgia.
- 22. Multiple Choice
In the poem "another way," what does the poet mean when she uses a metaphor, or comparison, "it is Christmas in November," in line 21?
The children have received their presents early.
The children feel as if it is a special occasion.
The children decorate the house for the holiday.
The children celebrate the Christmas holiday early.
- 23. Multiple Choice
Which line from the excerpts of Brown Girl Dreaming best indicates the author's use of strong imagery?
Uncle Robert has moved to New York City!
I went up a hill yesterday, I say.
... No slip and slide through grass.
Sometimes, that's the way things happen.
- 24. Multiple Choice
Which quotation from Brown Girl Dreaming most clearly supports the inference that as a child Jacqueline Woodson had a vivid imagination?
...The boy says,/ I was a baby. Says, She doesn't remember him/ and points to his silent sister.
But we are already awake, all four of us, smiling/ and jumping around/ my uncle: What'd you bring me?
I say, I know a girl ten times smarter than her. She gets diamonds every time she gets a hundred of a test.
When he takes us to the park, Uncle Robert tells us,/ If you catch a dandelion puff, you can make a wish.
- 25. Multiple Choice
What literary device does the author use in the following lines: '"he is at our door, knocking loud until our mother opens it, / curlers in her hair, robe pulled closed, whispering, / It's almost midnight, don't you wake up my children!"
repetition
sensory words
metaphor
personification
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