A Worn Path

The phrase "with the balanced heaviness and lightness of a pendulum in a grandfather clock" describes

• how a man carries a burden
• how the woman walks
• a swing on an old oak tree
• the passage of time

When Phoenix says, "Thorns, you doing your appointed work," she is talking to a

• corn farmer
• rippling brook
• hunter with a rifle
• thorn bush

The phrase "like a festival figure in some parade" describes

• Phoenix's wobbling along a fallen log
• the scarecrow standing in the field
• the dog dancing around the hunter
• the nurse in the Natchez clinic

Which of these phrases is a simile?

• Numberless branching wrinkles
• Her eyes were blue with age
• It whispered and shook and was taller than her head
• Big dead trees, like black men with one arm

What appears "all like old women under a spell sitting there"?

• small weathered cabins
• trees with dead leaves
• dead corn stalks in a field
• lacy Spanish moss

Phoenix plans to use her 10 cents she has to

• buy groceries for a good meal
• pay her doctor's bill
• buy a present for her grandson
• pay for her grandson's medicine

What does it mean when the nurse marks Phoenix's case "Charity"?

• Someone else has paid for Phoenix
• Phoenix cannot afford to pay
• The local church paid for Phoenix
• Phoenix has already paid in advance

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.1

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

When people have a grave look about them, they are

• sorrowful
• happy 
• bored

To stir soup vigorously is to stir

• carefully
• slowly
• energetically

If Maria looks solemn, she appears

• silly 
• serious
• sulky