Poetry Collection

Question 1

Which technique does the poet use to create a lingering impression (a lasting image) with the reader?

Accepted Answer

repetition of the word brown

Question 2

The idiom "feeling black and blue" means someone is bruised or injured. In line 13, the author probably means...

Accepted Answer

that her father suffered inside from having to abandon his art.

Question 3

The poet provides a clue to her father's first name toward the end of the poem. What was his name?

Accepted Answer

David

Question 4

The inference that the narrator is a young girl is supported by which of the following lines in the poem?

Accepted Answer

line 11

Question 5

Why is the poem called Spruce?

Accepted Answer

Spruce is the type of wood that the instruments in the poem are made of.

Question 6

"Abuelito's precise brown fingertips move along the violin's strings" Authors purpose was to create the impression of ..

Accepted Answer

a song that is complex and likely difficult for a musician to play.

Question 7

Which of the following definitions of sepia best match the way it is used in line 18 of the poem?

Accepted Answer

reddish-brown color associated w/ photos of the 19th & early 20th centuries

Question 8

This main purpose of this poem is to express

Accepted Answer

gratitude for the many years of sacrifice the poet&#x27;s father went through.

Question 9

Taka taka tak in line 16 is an example of

Accepted Answer

onomatopoeia.

Question 10

Which line provides the clearest mental image of the narrator reacting to the music in the poem?

Accepted Answer

line 15

Questions 10