An even shape
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
An Even Shape
Her garden looks into my window
criss-crossed by the white lattice.
Coolers they call them but they are also
hiding places for small girls playing
Her garden stands neatly round her house
travels politely onto the veranda
to sit in pots or hang
Leafly down From large, earth coloured
urns
She lives with Mama, shepherding her with
her full body
The hesitant ins and outs off Mama's half-
blind days
Feeding her frail consciousness With edited
Gleaner news
And homemade chicken soup.
In her home, borrowed children touch her
china birds with hands man
Wiped clean from eating sticky cakes, each
with a cherry on top
or pressed moist, Restless kisses round
The corners of her smile.
Sometimes she fills the space out
With music, spreading out nostalgia through
Strings of flutes, old fashioned love songs
Of blue moons and forever until.
Shameful peeping Tom, sit silent in
My lattice watching the even shape of her
days
To catch just once, a wider open door
behind
Her steady eyes.
But in her green edged privacy, self -con-
tained
She keeps her half- drawn shutters of her life
Open just so, amid mocks of my greed and rest-
lessness
With a calm refusal to to be other than she
seems.
Direction: Read the poem and answer the questions that follow.
The following phrase is meant to be taken literally?
a) “ hiding places for small girls” (line 4)
b) “her garden.../ Travels politely onto the veranda” ( line 5-6)
c) “ feeding her frail consciousness” ( line 14)
d) “watching the even shape of her days”( lines 28-29 )
Tags
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
CCSS.RL.8.5
CCSS.RL.11-12.8
CCSS.RL.8.4
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
An Even Shape
Her garden looks into my window
criss-crossed by the white lattice.
Coolers they call them but they are also
hiding places for small girls playing
Her garden stands neatly round her house
travels politely onto the veranda
to sit in pots or hang
Leafly down From large, earth coloured
urns
She lives with Mama, shepherding her with
her full body
The hesitant ins and outs off Mama's half-
blind days
Feeding her frail consciousness With edited
Gleaner news
And homemade chicken soup.
In her home, borrowed children touch her
china birds with hands man
Wiped clean from eating sticky cakes, each
with a cherry on top
or pressed moist, Restless kisses round
The corners of her smile.
Sometimes she fills the space out
With music, spreading out nostalgia through
Strings of flutes, old fashioned love songs
Of blue moons and forever until.
Shameful peeping Tom, sit silent in
My lattice watching the even shape of her
days
To catch just once, a wider open door
behind
Her steady eyes.
But in her green edged privacy, self -con-
tained
She keeps her half- drawn shutters of her life
Open just so, amid mocks of my greed and rest-
lessness
With a calm refusal to to be other than she
seems.
Direction: Read the poem and answer the questions that follow.
The following phrase is meant to be taken literally?
a) “ hiding places for small girls” (line 4)
b) “her garden.../ Travels politely onto the veranda” ( line 5-6)
c) “ feeding her frail consciousness” ( line 14)
d) “watching the even shape of her days”( lines 28-29 )
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
An Even Shape
Her garden looks into my window
criss-crossed by the white lattice.
Coolers they call them but they are also
hiding places for small girls playing
Her garden stands neatly round her house
travels politely onto the veranda
to sit in pots or hang
Leafly down From large, earth coloured
urns
She lives with Mama, shepherding her with
her full body
The hesitant ins and outs off Mama's half-
blind days
Feeding her frail consciousness With edited
Gleaner news
And homemade chicken soup.
In her home, borrowed children touch her
china birds with hands man
Wiped clean from eating sticky cakes, each
with a cherry on top
or pressed moist, Restless kisses round
The corners of her smile.
Sometimes she fills the space out
With music, spreading out nostalgia through
Strings of flutes, old fashioned love songs
Of blue moons and forever until.
Shameful peeping Tom, sit silent in
My lattice watching the even shape of her
days
To catch just once, a wider open door
behind
Her steady eyes.
But in her green edged privacy, self -con-
tained
She keeps her half- drawn shutters of her life
Open just so, amid mocks of my greed and rest-
lessness
With a calm refusal to to be other than she
seems.
Direction: Read the poem and answer the questions that follow.
The garden seemed “criss-crossed” (line 2) because the ______________.
a) because the point was looking at through a lattice window
b) garden beds were laid out in squares
c) children were walking across the garden
d) the persona looking at the garden was cross-eyed
Tags
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
CCSS.RL.11-12.8
CCSS.RL.8.10
CCSS.RL.8.4
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
An Even Shape
Her garden looks into my window
criss-crossed by the white lattice.
Coolers they call them but they are also
hiding places for small girls playing
Her garden stands neatly round her house
travels politely onto the veranda
to sit in pots or hang
Leafly down From large, earth coloured
urns
She lives with Mama, shepherding her with
her full body
The hesitant ins and outs off Mama's half-
blind days
Feeding her frail consciousness With edited
Gleaner news
And homemade chicken soup.
In her home, borrowed children touch her
china birds with hands man
Wiped clean from eating sticky cakes, each
with a cherry on top
or pressed moist, Restless kisses round
The corners of her smile.
Sometimes she fills the space out
With music, spreading out nostalgia through
Strings of flutes, old fashioned love songs
Of blue moons and forever until.
Shameful peeping Tom, sit silent in
My lattice watching the even shape of her
days
To catch just once, a wider open door
behind
Her steady eyes.
But in her green edged privacy, self -con-
tained
She keeps her half- drawn shutters of her life
Open just so, amid mocks of my greed and rest-
lessness
With a calm refusal to to be other than she
seems.
Direction: Read the poem and answer the questions that follow.
Her garden stands neatly around her house” line 5 tells us that _________.
a) There were several well-kept potted plants on stands around the house
b) several tall tree stood along the side of the house
c) the garden that surrounded her house was well kept
d) the woman cleaned the flowers stands everyday
Tags
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
CCSS.RL.8.5
CCSS.RL.8.10
CCSS.RL.11-12.10
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
An Even Shape
Her garden looks into my window
criss-crossed by the white lattice.
Coolers they call them but they are also
hiding places for small girls playing
Her garden stands neatly round her house
travels politely onto the veranda
to sit in pots or hang
Leafly down From large, earth coloured
urns
She lives with Mama, shepherding her with
her full body
The hesitant ins and outs off Mama's half-
blind days
Feeding her frail consciousness With edited
Gleaner news
And homemade chicken soup.
In her home, borrowed children touch her
china birds with hands man
Wiped clean from eating sticky cakes, each
with a cherry on top
or pressed moist, Restless kisses round
The corners of her smile.
Sometimes she fills the space out
With music, spreading out nostalgia through
Strings of flutes, old fashioned love songs
Of blue moons and forever until.
Shameful peeping Tom, sit silent in
My lattice watching the even shape of her
days
To catch just once, a wider open door
behind
Her steady eyes.
But in her green edged privacy, self -con-
tained
She keeps her half- drawn shutters of her life
Open just so, amid mocks of my greed and rest-
lessness
With a calm refusal to to be other than she
seems.
Direction: Read the poem and answer the questions that follow.
The poet uses the words “frail consciousness” (lines 14) the show with that Mama _________.
a) was unconscious most of the time
b) was not understanding as well as she used to
c) I had fainted because of lack of food
d) was thin and weak and could hardly walk
Tags
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
CCSS.RL.8.5
CCSS.RL.11-12.8
CCSS.RL.8.10
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
An Even Shape
Her garden looks into my window
criss-crossed by the white lattice.
Coolers they call them but they are also
hiding places for small girls playing
Her garden stands neatly round her house
travels politely onto the veranda
to sit in pots or hang
Leafly down From large, earth coloured
urns
She lives with Mama, shepherding her with
her full body
The hesitant ins and outs off Mama's half-
blind days
Feeding her frail consciousness With edited
Gleaner news
And homemade chicken soup.
In her home, borrowed children touch her
china birds with hands man
Wiped clean from eating sticky cakes, each
with a cherry on top
or pressed moist, Restless kisses round
The corners of her smile.
Sometimes she fills the space out
With music, spreading out nostalgia through
Strings of flutes, old fashioned love songs
Of blue moons and forever until.
Shameful peeping Tom, sit silent in
My lattice watching the even shape of her
days
To catch just once, a wider open door
behind
Her steady eyes.
But in her green edged privacy, self -con-
tained
She keeps her half- drawn shutters of her life
Open just so, amid mocks of my greed and rest-
lessness
With a calm refusal to to be other than she
seems.
Direction: Read the poem and answer the questions that follow.
Which of the following best describes the woman's extra thoughtfulness of her mother____________.
a) “she lives with Mama shepherding her with/ her full body”( lines 10 - 11)
b) “press moist, breathless kisses” (line 21)
c) “feeding her... which edited/ Gleaner news” ( lines 14 to 15)
d) “spreading out nostalgia through/ strings and flutes” lines 24-25
Tags
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
CCSS.RL.8.5
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.11-12.10
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
An Even Shape
Her garden looks into my window
criss-crossed by the white lattice.
Coolers they call them but they are also
hiding places for small girls playing
Her garden stands neatly round her house
travels politely onto the veranda
to sit in pots or hang
Leafly down From large, earth coloured
urns
She lives with Mama, shepherding her with
her full body
The hesitant ins and outs off Mama's half-
blind days
Feeding her frail consciousness With edited
Gleaner news
And homemade chicken soup.
In her home, borrowed children touch her
china birds with hands man
Wiped clean from eating sticky cakes, each
with a cherry on top
or pressed moist, Restless kisses round
The corners of her smile.
Sometimes she fills the space out
With music, spreading out nostalgia through
Strings of flutes, old fashioned love songs
Of blue moons and forever until.
Shameful peeping Tom, sit silent in
My lattice watching the even shape of her
days
To catch just once, a wider open door
behind
Her steady eyes.
But in her green edged privacy, self -con-
tained
She keeps her half- drawn shutters of her life
Open just so, amid mocks of my greed and rest-
lessness
With a calm refusal to to be other than she
seems.
Direction: Read the poem and answer the questions that follow.
The poet uses the phrase " borrow children " ( line 17) to show _________.
a) how much she loved children
b) that she had no children of her own
c) that she did not want children
d) why she made the children wash their dirty hand
Tags
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
CCSS.RL.8.5
CCSS.RL.11-12.8
CCSS.RL.8.10
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