Unit 3 Poetry Test WSHS Traditional V1

Why does “Caged Bird” begin with an entire stanza about the free bird?

• to describe the acrobatic flight of birds

• to serve as a contrast with the caged bird

• to illustrate why caged birds are fortunate

• to explain why all birds live dangerous lives

What is “Caged Bird” mainly about?

• love

• singing

• flying

• freedom

What is the speaker advising readers about in “Some Advice to Those Who Will Serve Time in Prison”?

• how to avoid returning to prison

• how to survive a prison sentence

• how to live when they become free

• how to benefit from the time spent in prison

What is the speaker’s main message to prisoners in “Some Advice to Those

Who Will Serve Time in Prison”?

• Do not give up hope.

• Do not try to escape.

• Do not expect to be freed.

• Do not ask for forgiveness.

Which of the following situations could best be used to illustrate the meaning

of current?

• The band marches quickly to the rhythm of the music.

• A dog becomes lost and runs wildly up and down the street.

• A student holds up the poster and everyone begins chanting.

• The eagle catches the wind stream and glides toward the horizon.

If a bird suddenly begins to trill, which of the following is the bird most likely doing?

• flying

• eating

• singing

• pecking

What is the meaning of the word flurry?

• practicality or usefulness

• harshness or glaring quality

• indifference or lack of caring

• commotion or excitement of activity

Read this line from “Caged Bird.”

"But a caged bird stands on the grave of dreams his shadow shouts on a nightmare scream …"

To what does the speaker most clearly refer with the phrase “the grave of dreams”?

• the power of dreams to save someone from despair

• dreams that are not realized but that die unfulfilled

• the fact that dreams are all that is real for someone who is caged

• the meaning of dreams for someone who is caged, a condition like death

Part A According to the speaker in “Caged Bird,” what does the caged bird do

because it cannot fly?

• It sings.

• It sits quietly.

• It remains happy.

• It flits about its cage.

Part B Which excerpt from “Caged Bird” supports the answer to Part A?

• … leaps / on the back of the wind / and floats downstream / till the current ends …

• … and dips his wing / in the orange sun rays / and dares to claim the sky.

• … His tune is heard / on the distant hill / for the caged bird / sings of freedom.

• … the trade winds soft through the sighing trees / and the fat worms waiting on a dawn bright lawn / and he names the sky his own …