Brown Girl Dreaming Quizzes

Brown Girl Dreaming Quiz 1

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

Madeline Cohen

Jacqueline Woodson

Toni Morrison
2 From what narrative point of view is Brown Girl Dreaming told?
Third person limited

First person

Third person omniscient

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

Jack Woodson

Jackie Robinson

Martin Luther King Jr.
4 When is Jacqueline born?
February 12, 1963

June 22, 1963

February 12, 1973

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

Nicholtown, South Carolina

Columbus, Ohio

Brooklyn, New York
6 Who is Jacqueline named after?
Her great-grandmother

Her mother

Her uncle

Her father
7 Who is Jacqueline's father's family descended from?
Thomas Jefferson

Jackie Robinson

Rosa Parks

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 father

Their grandfather

Their uncle

Their aunt
10 How did Jacqueline's father get a scholarship to college?
Academics

Affirmative Action

Sports

Writing to the dean of admissions
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 like to talk a lot

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

The back of the bus

In a courtroom

On a street corner
15 What two rivers does Jacqueline describe parting and rejoining?
The Ohio River and the Hocking River

The Mississippi and the Ohio River

The Hocking River and the Yukon River

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

Two

Five

One
17 What is the title of Part I of Brown Girl Dreaming?
the stories of south carolina run like rivers

followed the sky's mirrored constellation to freedom

deep in my heart, i do believe

i am born
18 What is the title of Part II of Brown Girl Dreaming?
i am born

the stories of south carolina run like rivers

followed the sky's mirrored constellation to freedom

deep in my heart, i do believe
19 What is the first name of Jacqueline's grandfather on her mother's side?
Hope

Jack

Odell

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

Grandpa

Grandfather Gunnar

Pappy
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 is a devout Jehovah's Witness

He was once a professional football player
22 Where does Jacqueline's grandfather work?
At a printing press

As a domestic servent

As an sharecropper

In a school as a part-time teacher
23 What additional job does Jacqueline's grandmother take on when the children move in?
Teaching

Doing hair in a salon

Cleaning houses

Farm work
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?
Read

Build

Dance

Sing