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Brown Girl Dreaming Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 123 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From where did the owner of the fabric store in Greenville know Georgiana?
(a) Malvern.
(b) Oxford.
(c) Anderson.
(d) Memphis.

2. Who was the first black child to attend an all-white elementary school in the South?
(a) Mabel Smith.
(b) Sarah James.
(c) Jacqueline Woodson.
(d) Ruby Bridges.

3. What did Jackie and her siblings use to soothe Georgina's feet at night?
(a) Toothpaste.
(b) Ice water.
(c) Vinegar.
(d) Epsom salt.

4. Who was Thomas Woodson's father?
(a) Ben Franklin.
(b) Walt Whitman.
(c) Thomas Jefferson.
(d) Abraham Lincoln.

5. What is Grace Woodson's relationship to Jacqueline?
(a) She is Jacqueline's sister.
(b) She is Jacqueline's second cousin.
(c) She is Jacqueline's grandmother.
(d) She is Jacqueline's aunt.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Jack Woodson earn a scholarship to attend college?

2. In what war did William J. Woodson fight?

3. What is the maiden name of Jacqueline Woodson's mother?

4. What health problem did the boy from up the road suffer from in "The Almost Friends"?

5. Who is described as looking down on the South for its inequality in "Journey"?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the author describe her siblings in the poems "The Reader" and "Hope" from Part 1?

2. How is the house described in "The Ghosts of the Nelsonville House"? Where is Nelsonville?

3. What is the symbolic image that concludes the poem "Second Daughter’s Second Day on Earth"? What is symbolized in this imagery?

4. How is "Daywork" described in the poem with the same name? Who took on daywork to support Jackie and her siblings when they were growing up?

5. What conflict is described in the poem "A Girl Named Jack"?

6. Who is the focus of the poem "Football Dreams"? What is related in this narrative?

7. What event is described in the poem "The Candy Lady"?

8. How does the author describe the names in her family in "Family Names"?

9. When and where does the author describe her paternal great-great-grandfather's birth in "It’ll Be Scary Sometimes"?

10. How does the author describe her ancestry in "February 12, 1963"?

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