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Who is Jacqueline?
The Author and Main Character of "Brown Girl Dreaming"
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What do Jackie and her siblings call their grandfather according to "gunnar's children"?
Daddy
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Which adjective best describes how Jacqueline felt when she first arrived in New York City?
disappointed
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What made their little brother so sick?
Eating lead paint
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What is Barren?
bare, empty, lifeless
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Where was Jacqueline Woodson born?
Columbus, Ohio.
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In "daywork" what is the job that Jacqueline’s grandmother must do in order to feed the family?
She cleans the houses of white families as a dayworker.
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On what street is the first apartment where Jacqueline and her family live in New York ?
Bristol Street
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What was Dell’s favorite thing to do outside?
Jump rope
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What is Protrude?
to stick out from or through something
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Where were Jacqueline Woodson's ancestors living when they were slaves?
South Carolina.
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According to "south carolina at war," what is the “war” going on in South Carolina?
The fight for Civil Rights for African Americans.
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What is another name for a johnny pump?
FIRE HYDRANT
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What was Jacqueline’s first book about?
Butterflies
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What is Cascade?
to fall or descend from a height, usually very quickly
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How did Jacqueline Woodson's family travel from Ohio to South Carolina each winter when she was young?
By bus.
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In "at the end of the day" why do the workers at the plant call Jacqueline’s grandfather Gunnar rather than Mr. Irby?
The workers do not want to take orders from a black man, so they call him his first name rather than being respectful and addressing him as Mr. Irby.
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Why do people think that Roman might not be related to Jacqueline, Hope, and Odella?
HIS LIGHT SKIN
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How did they get to see their father before he died?
Airplane
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What is Temptation?
something that is attractive even though it is bad for you
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How did Jacqueline Woodson's Uncle Odell die?
He was in a car accident.
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In the poem "ohio behind us," why did Jacqueline’s mother consider leaving the South?
Her siblings have all left; Aunt Kay is in the North, Uncle Robert is planning on moving to New York, and Uncle Odell is dead
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Why does the family move out of the apartment on Herzl street?
THEY CANNOT LIVE THERE WITHOUT AUNT KAY
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Jacqueline’s mother forbid her to listen to songs including:
Funk
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What is Emancipation?
to free from someone else’s control or power
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