Mr. Lucas Grade 8 Unit 2B Poetry Test Review

The poem’s subtitle, below, adds to the development of the entire poem mainly by _______.

(You never know what troubled little girl needs a book)

• suggesting that she (the speaker in the poem) prefers hardcover books to paperbacks

• setting up (preparing to show) how important Mrs. Long would be to the speaker

• pointing out how difficult it was for the speaker to access books when she was a child

• explaining that no one had any idea of what the speaker was going through

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What information mainly does the poem’s first stanza convey (show)?

• It shows how important television was at the speaker’s grandmother’s house.

• It establishes the setting in which the rest of the poem takes place.

• It reveals how deeply religious the speaker was when she was growing up.

• It describes the library and bookstore that the speaker held dear to her (loved to visit) as a child.

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Which statement is best supported by the passage below (lines 24-26)?

Mrs. Long always glad to see you

The stereoscope always ready to show you far-away

Places to dream about

• The library had all sorts of toys and devices for children to try out.

• Mrs. Long regularly held excellent story readings for the local children.

• The books at the library provided a portal (way to escape) to places the speaker had never imagined before.

• The speaker was fixated (focused) on what the big library uptown was like.

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The speaker most likely includes the following passage in the poem (lines 31-32) to _______.

Probably they said something humiliating since southern

Whites like to humiliate southern blacks

• suggest that racism still exists in the South

• show how far people have come since the racism she witnessed growing up

• show that Mrs. Long was far from perfect

• reveal that racial tensions affected whites and blacks

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Which inference (educated guess) about the speaker’s point of view is best supported by the poem?

• The time and place the speaker grew up in was a simpler world.

• The speaker has very few pleasant memories of this painful phase (time) of her life.

• The bookstore uptown was in fact more welcoming than the library.

• Growing up only able to listen to jazz music on the radio was boring.

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With which of the following statements would the speaker of the poem most likely (probably) agree?

• One small gesture (action) or sacrifice can have a great impact on a young person.

• Fantasy (imagination) is necessary in order to survive an abusive childhood.

• The speaker never wished for her grandmother and Mrs. Long to meet.

• Children today have no appreciation for the small pleasures of life.

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Determine the meaning of glider as it is used in line 38?

Where I would sit on the front porch

In a gray glider and dream of a world

Far away

• A lightweight toy plane

• A person

• A slender (narrow or small) porch swing

• A small sled used in winter

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The speaker characterizes (describes) Mrs. Long as--

• Lost & unintelligent

• Insightful (Understanding) & supportive

• Respectful & peace-loving

• Unreliable & unlawful

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Which best definition best fits the word wardrobe as used in line 46?

And Mrs. Long opened that wardrobe

• A person’s supply of clothes

• Costume worn in a play

• A treasure chest of secrets

• A movable (portable) closet for holding clothes

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