Tula

​Tula ("Books are Door- Shaped")

​By Margarita Engle

​Complete this Quizizz after reading..

Multiple Select

What type of text is Tula ("Books are Door-Shaped")?

Select all answers that apply.

• Informational

• Literary

• Short Story

• Poetry

Take a moment to review the Elements of Poetry below, before answering questions about "free-verse" poetry.

Multiple Select

Tula is a free-verse poem. What elements of poetry would most likely NOT be found in a free-verse poem?

• Rhythm

• Mood

• Rhyme

• Meter

• Theme

Multiple Choice

How many stanzas does the poem, Tula have?

• 51

• 6

• 7

• 24

Multiple Choice

What is Stanza 1 mostly about?

• What books mean to the reader

• What books mean to the narrator

Multiple Choice

What action does the narrator take “because her mother believes/ that girls who read too much/ are unladylike”? (R.1.1)

• The narrator runs away.

• The narrator openly reads books.

• The narrator fantasizes about sneaking books.

• The narrator convinces her mother to allow her to read.

Multiple Choice

What type of Figurative Language does Stanza 1 contain?

• Alliteration

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

Multiple Choice

What is one possible mood the narrator is trying to convey in this poem?

• Anger

• Loneliness

• Apathy

• Calm

Multiple Choice

 Which theme does the the following detail support?

“so my father's books are locked/ in a clear glass cabinet. I gaze” (lines 12-13) (R.1.2)

• books creating an escape from reality

• knowledge being withheld from girls

• BOTH THEMES:

  knowledge being withheld from girl

  &

  knowledge being withheld from girls

Multiple Choice

 Which theme does the the following detail support?

“ I gaze/ at enticing covers/and mysterious titles,/

but I am rarely permitted/to touch/

the enchantment/of words.” (lines 13-19)

(R.1.2)

• books creating an escape from reality

• knowledge being withheld from girls

• BOTH THEMES:

  knowledge being withheld from girl

  &

  knowledge being withheld from girls

Multiple Choice

 Which theme does the the following detail support?

“Books are door-shaped/

portals/ carrying me/ across oceans” (lines 1-4)

(R.1.2)

• books creating an escape from reality

• knowledge being withheld from girls

• BOTH THEMES:

  knowledge being withheld from girl

  &

  knowledge being withheld from girls

Multiple Choice

 Which theme does the the following detail support?

“All are forbidden./

Girls are not supposed to think,” (lines 23-24)

(R.1.2)

• books creating an escape from reality

• knowledge being withheld from girls

• BOTH THEMES:

  knowledge being withheld from girl

  &

  knowledge being withheld from girls