Brown Girl Dreaming Quizzes

Brown Girl Dreaming Quiz 1

1 Who is the author of Brown Girl Dreaming?
Toni Morrison

Odella Woodson

Jacqueline Woodson

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

Third person limited

Second person

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

Jackie Robinson

Jack Woodson

Martin Luther King Jr.
4 When is Jacqueline born?
June 22, 1963

February 12, 1973

February 12, 1963

June 22, 1994
5 Where is Jacqueline born?
Brooklyn, New York

Columbus, Ohio

Abuja, Nigeria

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

Her father

Her great-grandmother

Her uncle
7 Who is Jacqueline's father's family descended from?
George Washington

Rosa Parks

Thomas Jefferson

Jackie Robinson
8 Who is Jacqueline's older brother named after?
Their father

Their uncle

Their grandfather

Their aunt
9 Who is Jacqueline's older sister named after?
Their father

Their grandfather

Their aunt

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

Academics

Affirmative Action

Sports
11 Where does Jacqueline's father never want to live?
The North

The West

The East

The South
12 What do Jacqueline's family members not agree about in memories of her birth?
The time of day she was born

Her weight as a newborn

Which side of the family she looked like

The color of her skin
13 Why do Mary Ann and Grace get along?
They are both from the South

They are both very religious

They both feel a great loss after Odell's death

They both like to talk a lot
14 Where does Jack say a Woodson will never sit?
The back of the bus

In a courtroom

On a street corner

In the back of a classroom
15 What two rivers does Jacqueline describe parting and rejoining?
The Mississippi and the Ohio River

The Hocking River and the Yukon River

The Ohio River and the Hocking River

The Missouri River and the Rio Grande
16 How old is Jacqueline when her parents separate?
Two

Five

One

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

the stories of south carolina run like rivers

deep in my heart, i do believe

followed the sky's mirrored constellation to freedom
18 What is the title of Part II of Brown Girl Dreaming?
i am born

deep in my heart, i do believe

followed the sky's mirrored constellation to freedom

the stories of south carolina run like rivers
19 What is the first name of Jacqueline's grandfather on her mother's side?
Jack

Gunnar

Odell

Hope
20 What do Jacqueline and her siblings call their grandfather?
Grandfather Gunnar

Daddy

Grandpa

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

He was once a professional football player

He loves to work in the garden

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

As a domestic servent

At a printing press

As an sharecropper
23 What additional job does Jacqueline's grandmother take on when the children move in?
Teaching

Doing hair in a salon

Farm work

Cleaning houses
24 What kind of stories does Jacqueline's grandmother tell to the children?
African folktales

Horror stories

Bible stories

Stories from her childhood
25 What does Jacqueline's sister Odella love to do from an early age?
Sing

Dance

Read

Build