Unit 3 Poetry Collection SAVVAS Test Study Guide

Front

What does the speaker of “Avarice” list?

Back

things the girl has desired

Front

To whom or to what does the speaker in “The Good Life” compare

herself?

Back

to a woman who must travel far to find water

Front

In “Money,” which people come to the door while the family is

eating?

Back

-a man seeking yard work

-a boy with a tattered booklet

Front

What do the parents in “Money” want their children to do with their

own money?

Back

give some to their Church and save the rest

Front

At the end of “Money,” what do the children imagine?

Back

They imagine treating the needy just as their parents do.

Front

Part A - Which best describes the girl’s desire in “Avarice”?

Part B - Which detail from “Avarice” best supports the answer to Part

A?

Back

Part A - She wishes to acquire what she desires, not enjoy it.

Part B - She buries the june bugs she takes from her brother.

Front

The speaker in “The Good Life” says, “[I]t makes me nostalgic / For

the years I lived on coffee and bread….” How does she most likely

feel about her past?

Back

She has some fond memories of times that were hard for her.

Front

The children are eating lunch at home on a summer weekday

when a man comes to the door and asks their mother if she has

anything that needs fixing or carrying or any yard work he can do.

They chew their food a little dreamily as, with her back straight

and her voice carefully polite, she says No, thank you, I’m sorry,

and the man goes away.

How does the setting in “Money” best support the author’s purpose in writing?

Back

The comfort of a home in which people can have a meal contrasts with

the pain of those who come to the door.

Front

Part A- In “Money,” which detail best suggests that the mother and

father are carefully frugal and not simply hard-hearted?

Part B -Which quotation from “Money” best supports the answer to Part A?

Back

Part A - They do not spoil their children by purchasing fancy things.

Part B - [S]he buys fabric and thread and patterns and makes dresses for the

girls, to save money.