"Ballad of Birmingham"

The dialouge is between:

• Martin Luther King Jr. and Rosa Parks

• A mother and son

• A mother and daughter

• An aunt and an uncle

What is the organizational structure of this text?

• play

• song

• drama

• story

How does stanza two contribute to the overall structure?

• It tells the reader that the little girl loves church.

• It tells the readers that dogs are fierce and wild.

• It gives reasons why the mother does not want the child to go church.

• It gives reasons why the mother does not want the child to go downtown.

Why doesn’t the mother let her daughter go to the Freedom March?

• She doesn’t think it’s safe

• She doesn’t want her to go alone

• She’s worried about stray dogs attacking her

• She wants her to go church

Which line supports the inference that the mom believes the church is safe?

• “For I fear the guns will fire”

• “But that smile was the last smile to come upon her face”

• “The mother smiled to know that her child was in the sacred place.”

• “She raced through the streets of Birmingham calling for her child.”

What does the author mean “Her eyes grew wet and wild”

• She was crying

• She was excited

• She was terrified

• She was nervous

What can the reader infer happens at the end of the poem?

• The mother and daughter reunite

• The daughter runs away

• The daughter dies in the bombing

• The daughter dies in the Freedom March

Which line best shows how the mother feels about the Freedom March?

• “No, baby, no, you may not go”

• “But you may go to church instead”

• “For the clubs and hoses, guns and jails aren’t good for a little child”

• “For when she heard the explosion she raced through the streets”

What is the author referring to when he says “sacred place” in stanza 6?

• The Freedom March

• The school

• The church

• Their house

Why does the author describe what the daughter looks like, how she smells, and what she is wearing to church?

• He is trying to explain how pretty she looks.

• He wants you to feel sorry for her because she couldn't go to the Freedom March.

• He wants you to understand she is young and innocent.

• He wants you to understand she is young and feel happy that she is going to church.