Unit 3 Poetry Test WSHS IEP

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.

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

What is “Caged Bird” mainly about?

• love

• singing

• freedom

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 explain why all birds live dangerous lives

What is the meaning of the word flurry?

• practicality or usefulness

• harshness or glaring quality

• commotion or excitement of activity

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.

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

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

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

• flying

• eating

• singing

Part A With which of the following statements would the speaker in “Some

Advice to Those Who Will Serve Time in Prison” most likely agree?

• A prisoner should make every effort to live and to be as optimistic as possible.

• A prisoner should accept the sorrow of a wasted life and give in to circumstances.

• A prisoner should hold onto anger and even hatred so he or she does not become beaten.

Part B Which line from the poem best supports the answer to Part A?

• “Better I had swung from the end of a rope / like a flag . . .”

• Part of you may live alone inside, / like a stone at the bottom of a well.

• . . . always remember / to eat every last piece of bread— / also, don’t forget to laugh heartily.