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Poetry and Short Story Q & A
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from "He-y Come On Ou-t", "Road Not Taken", "Thank You Ma'am", "The Shark", "Tattoo" and more
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1
Adjectives that describe the stuff they threw in
unwanted, secret, disgusting
important, sustainable, valuable
pretty, antique, valuable
worthy, clean, reusable
2
"Where Vanity once punched him hard" is an example of what device?
He thinks he's the GOAT
personification
violence in poetry
gut punch
3
"There was a reformation in Charles" means that
He started to improve his behavior
He started studying Martin Luther
He reformed his Play-Doh sculpture
4
What was the old man picking up in "Tattoo" by Ted Kooser?
art supplies
weapons
his broken heart on the ground
broken tools
5
Charles throws chalk
True
False
6
"Undergrowth" means
bushes and plants under the canopy of the trees
when you haven't shaved your chin in a while
7
Define "stoop" in "Thank You Ma'am" (choose only one)
a small porch outside the door
to bend over, like an old person
8
What is a "concessionaire"?
when you give in to someone
a small business or person making a buck off an event
you don't have usage rights to an event
9
Which simile describes the old man when he was young?
"strong as a stallion"
"sharp as a knife"
"blue as a bruise"
10
What's the allegory in "He-y, Come On Ou-t!" (choose more than one)
to only throw pebbles into bottomless holes
the modern era's disregard for the environment
future consequences are shaped by present actions
throwing stuff away has no consequences
11
The narrator of "Charles" is the mother. Click the things that could be true.
She realizes that her little boy is actually "Charles"
She realizes she should be embarrassed at the PTA meeting
She finally meets the real mother of Charles
She learns how to be a better mother from Laurie
12
The main theme of Tupac's poem "The Rose That Grew From Concrete" is:
gardening is healing
you can't grow plants from cracks in the sidewalk
resilience of the human spirit
gangsta life
13
What are 2 feelings that oppose each other in "The Shark"? Then choose 2 characteristics of the shark.
fear and dread
beauty and danger
graceful and terrifying
love of animals and the joy of swimming
14
"Yet knowing how way leads on to way, I doubted if I should ever come back"means... (choose 2)
if you're on a path, you may just keep following it forever
He knows exactly which way he's supposed to go
he's still not sure which way to turn
He's pretty doubtful he'll come back to the fork in the road
15
Adjectives that describe the villagers (choose more than one)
honest, sustainable, careful
guilty, irresponsible, short-sighted
caring, responsible, innocent
selfish; unseeing; secretive
16
Langston Hughes (choose all that apply)
wrote "Thank You Ma'am"
A US poet and writer who was a leading figure of the Harlem Renaissance
Wrote about city life mainly
African American
17
The old tattooed man's shirt was black
False
True
18
In "The Road Not Taken", the word "fair" means white skin which burns easily
True
False
19
"Two roads diverged in a yellow wood"
There was a fork in the road in a forest with lots of yellowing leaves
Two paths are in front of a hiker with yellow-painted wood homes
20
In "The Laughing Heart", the phrases "you can’t beat death butyou can beat death in life" might mean (choose 2)
Death is inevitable
You can have eternal life
You can still mentally fight for a good life
Death is not a person to get beaten up
21
"I waited with
bated
breath" means "I held my breath"
False
True
22
Choose some themes in "Thank You Ma'am"
how adults can treat children well when they misbehave
You can still have dignity even if you're poor
second chances are valuable
If you steal, someone will give you $10
23
In "The Shark", the words "lithely, leisurely" represent 2 literary things. What are they?
alliteration (the l's are repeated)
they represent personification and allusion
the poet is frightened and feels an anxious, slow, buildup of dread
quiet, gentle movement through water using soft-sounding rhyming syllables
24
The hole in "He-y Come on Ou-t" was 4,000 meters deep
False
True
25
What do the colors black and blue represent in "Tattoo"? Did the poet do that on purpose? (choose 2)
No
they don't represent anything
yes
bruises are black and blue
26
what were 3 things the people threw into the hole?
clothing, shoes, and necklaces
old love letters, nuclear waste, criminal evidence
a pebble, videos, mirrors
antique books, live animals, rocks
27
The child in "Fifth Grade Autobiography" remembers what body part of his grandfather's the most vividly?
His legs
his hands
his feet
His face
28
In "Charles", "Laurie" is short for Laurence
False
True
29
To "trudge" means to (choose 2)
walk with slow and heavy steps
to drag a big sledge behind you
to carry a heavy burden
walk like you are exhausted
30
Choose 2 examples of imagery from "Fifth Grade Autobiography"
"I was 4 in this photograph"
"He smelled of lemons"
"the day before he rode"
"the sun through the trees printing her dress"
31
Why did Roger want blue suede shoes? (choose more than one)
he thinks wearing them will make him more cool
He heard the 1956 song "Don't Step on My Blue Suede Shoes"
they are the kind of luxury goods that Roger could never afford
The shoes represent prosperity in the Depression (1930s)
32
Why did taking the road "less traveled" make all the difference? (choose 2)
The 2 paths had not been trodden black
He just liked it because fewer people had gone down that way
He sees that one of the paths needed more people to walk on it
The 2 paths were equally lovely
