LA Final Study Guide

where does the speaker first meet Grandma Ling?

• Pennsylavania

• Taiwan

• Her backyard

• In a mirror

Which set of words best describes the speaker's feeings when she meets her grandmother in Grandma Ling

• Disappointed and sad

• Alarmed and suspicious

• Warm and affecionate

• Bored and indifferent

In your "little voice"/Over the wires came leaping," where does the poem's speaker hear the voice?

• in a garden

• at a dance

• on an airplane

• on the phone

What are three specific times does the poem :New World" describe?

• yesterday, today ,and tomorrow

• dawn, noon, and dusk

• spring, summer, and fall

• the past, the present, and the future

Which word best describes the speaker's tone, or attitude toward the topic, in the poem "New World"?

• curiosity

• admiration

• amusement

• sadness

what three specific times does the poem "New World" describe?

• yesterday, today, and tomorrow

• Dawn, noon, and dusk

• Spring, summer, and fall

• the past, the present, and the future

Which word best describes the speaker's tone, or attitude toward the topic, in the poem "New World"?

• curiosity

• admiration

• amusement

• sadness

which statement is the best paraphrase of the following lines from the poem "New World"?

Shadows/Withdraw/and lie/away/like smoke

• The speaker thinks shadows can lie

• Smoke creates shadows before it withdraws

• The warmth of the sun pushes away the shadows

• Shadows fade like smoke rising away

What does the speaker describe in the poem "January"?

• The speaker's home on a snowy day

• a farmer's field covered with snow

• an empty school during winter

• a quiet, snowy forest

In "January", what idea does the image in the following lines help to convey?

The days are short,/The sun a spark/hung thin between/The dark and dark

• The sun barely shows behind dark storm clouds

• The sun sends off thin sparks throughout the day

• The sun appears only briefly between the long winter nights

• The sun is unable to relieve the speaker's winter sadness