Part I Part II Part III Part IV Vocabulary
100
The Author and Main Character of "Brown Girl Dreaming"
Who is Jacqueline?
100
Daddy
What do Jackie and her siblings call their grandfather according to "gunnar's children"?
100
disappointed
Which adjective best describes how Jacqueline felt when she first arrived in New York City?
100
Eating lead paint
What made their little brother so sick?
100
bare, empty, lifeless
What is Barren?
200
Columbus, Ohio.
Where was Jacqueline Woodson born?
200
She cleans the houses of white families as a dayworker.
In "daywork" what is the job that Jacqueline’s grandmother must do in order to feed the family?
200
Bristol Street
Bristol Street On what street is the first apartment where Jacqueline and her family live in New York ?
200
Jump rope
What was Dell’s favorite thing to do outside?
200
to stick out from or through something
What is Protrude?
300
South Carolina.
Where were Jacqueline Woodson's ancestors living when they were slaves?
300
The fight for Civil Rights for African Americans.
According to "south carolina at war," what is the “war” going on in South Carolina?
300
FIRE HYDRANT
What is another name for a johnny pump?
300
Butterflies
What was Jacqueline’s first book about?
300
to fall or descend from a height, usually very quickly
What is Cascade?
400
By bus.
How did Jacqueline Woodson's family travel from Ohio to South Carolina each winter when she was young?
400
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.
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. In "at the end of the day" why do the workers at the plant call Jacqueline’s grandfather Gunnar rather than Mr. Irby?
400
HIS LIGHT SKIN
Why do people think that Roman might not be related to Jacqueline, Hope, and Odella?
400
Airplane
How did they get to see their father before he died?
400
something that is attractive even though it is bad for you
What is Temptation?
500
He was in a car accident.
He was in a car accident. How did Jacqueline Woodson's Uncle Odell die?
500
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
In the poem "ohio behind us," why did Jacqueline’s mother consider leaving the South?
500
THEY CANNOT LIVE THERE WITHOUT AUNT KAY
Why does the family move out of the apartment on Herzl street?
500
Funk
Funk Jacqueline’s mother forbid her to listen to songs including:
500
to free from someone else’s control or power
What is Emancipation?






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