Assessment | Test - Mother to Son

To what does the Mother compare life?

• To a straight path to the stars

• To a hazardous staircase

• To a turbulent boat

• To a teenaged boy

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CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RL.7.4

Which line best shows the Mother’s determination to persevere?

• “Well, son, I’ll tell you:”

• “And boards torn up,”

• “I’se been a-climbin’ on,''

• “Cause you find it’s kinder hard.”

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CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.W.7.9A

Which theme is mostly expressed in the poem?

• If I can continue to try, then so can you.

• If you want nice things, you have to work hard.

• If your home is in disrepair, start with the interior.

• If life becomes difficult, walk away from the struggle.

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CCSS.RL.7.2

Which quote from the poem most strongly supports the answer to Question 3?

• “Well, son, I’ll tell you: / Life for me ain’t been no crystal stair.”

• “And places with no carpet on the floor— / Bare.”

• “And sometimes goin’ in the dark / Where there ain’t no light.”

• “Don’t you fall now— / For I’se still goin’, honey,”

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CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.W.7.9A

Match the phrases (drag and drop) to the categories to show what the Mother says of herself and what the Mother says to her son:

• 1.“Don’t you fall now—”

• 2.“Don’t you set down on the steps”

• 3.“And sometimes goin’ in the dark”“And sometimes goin’ in the dark”

• 4.“Life for me ain’t been no crystal stair.”

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CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.7.4

Match the phrases (drag and drop) to the categories to show what the Mother says of herself and what the Mother says to her son:

• 1.Mother says to Son

• 2.Mother says to Son

• 3.Mother says of herself

• 4.Mother says of herself

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CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.6