Brown Girl Dreaming Quizzes

Brown Girl Dreaming Quiz 1

1 Who is the author of Brown Girl Dreaming?
Jacqueline Woodson

Odella Woodson

Toni Morrison

Madeline Cohen
2 From what narrative point of view is Brown Girl Dreaming told?
Third person omniscient

Second person

Third person limited

First person
3 Who is the main character of Brown Girl Dreaming?
Jack Woodson

Jackie Robinson

Jacqueline Woodson

Martin Luther King Jr.
4 When is Jacqueline born?
February 12, 1973

June 22, 1963

February 12, 1963

June 22, 1994
5 Where is Jacqueline born?
Abuja, Nigeria

Columbus, Ohio

Brooklyn, New York

Nicholtown, South Carolina
6 Who is Jacqueline named after?
Her mother

Her great-grandmother

Her father

Her uncle
7 Who is Jacqueline's father's family descended from?
Jackie Robinson

Rosa Parks

Thomas Jefferson

George Washington
8 Who is Jacqueline's older brother named after?
Their aunt

Their grandfather

Their father

Their uncle
9 Who is Jacqueline's older sister named after?
Their grandfather

Their aunt

Their uncle

Their father
10 How did Jacqueline's father get a scholarship to college?
Writing to the dean of admissions

Academics

Sports

Affirmative Action
11 Where does Jacqueline's father never want to live?
The South

The East

The North

The West
12 What do Jacqueline's family members not agree about in memories of her birth?
Her weight as a newborn

The time of day she was born

The color of her skin

Which side of the family she looked like
13 Why do Mary Ann and Grace get along?
They both like to talk a lot

They are both very religious

They are both from the South

They both feel a great loss after Odell's death
14 Where does Jack say a Woodson will never sit?
The back of the bus

In the back of a classroom

On a street corner

In a courtroom
15 What two rivers does Jacqueline describe parting and rejoining?
The Hocking River and the Yukon River

The Ohio River and the Hocking River

The Missouri River and the Rio Grande

The Mississippi and the Ohio River
16 How old is Jacqueline when her parents separate?
Five

One

Three

Two
17 What is the title of Part I of Brown Girl Dreaming?
i am born

followed the sky's mirrored constellation to freedom

the stories of south carolina run like rivers

deep in my heart, i do believe
18 What is the title of Part II of Brown Girl Dreaming?
deep in my heart, i do believe

i am born

the stories of south carolina run like rivers

followed the sky's mirrored constellation to freedom
19 What is the first name of Jacqueline's grandfather on her mother's side?
Jack

Hope

Gunnar

Odell
20 What do Jacqueline and her siblings call their grandfather?
Pappy

Grandfather Gunnar

Daddy

Grandpa
21 Which of the following is true about Jacqueline's grandfather?
He is closest with Jacqueline's brother Hope

He loves to work in the garden

He was once a professional football player

He is a devout Jehovah's Witness
22 Where does Jacqueline's grandfather work?
In a school as a part-time teacher

As an sharecropper

As a domestic servent

At a printing press
23 What additional job does Jacqueline's grandmother take on when the children move in?
Doing hair in a salon

Cleaning houses

Farm work

Teaching
24 What kind of stories does Jacqueline's grandmother tell to the children?
Stories from her childhood

Horror stories

African folktales

Bible stories
25 What does Jacqueline's sister Odella love to do from an early age?
Dance

Read

Build

Sing

in hair night how did dell's reading influence woodson's creativity

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Asked by madison w #1360568

Answered by Sohan G #1360573 on 3/4/2025 12:41 AM

What are some very important quotes from Brown Girl Dreaming?

"I am born as the South explodes,

too many people too many years

enslaved, then emancipated

but not free, the people

who look like me

keep fighting

keep marching

and getting killed

so that today—

February 12, 1963

and every day from this moment...

Asked by Clarissa J #1360454

Answered by jill d #170087 on 2/28/2025 8:48 PM

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How does this dialogue help me understand the difference between Woodson and her sister?

I'm sorry, what dialogue are you referring to?

Asked by Connie C #1252615

Answered by jill d #170087 on 8/29/2022 8:51 PM

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