Lesson 3.2 elar8b

My mother put a shade over the lamp in order to __________ the light so that it spread throughout the room.

• recite

• deliberate

• bear

• diffuse

When I broke my mom's vase, she thought it was __________ but I swore it was just an accident.

• deliberate

• recite

• bear

• diffuse

In order to get my certificate from Sunday School, I had to ___________ 10 passages from the bible in front of the whole congregation.

• bear

• recite

• diffuse

• deliberate

Because I was the youngest in the family, my older brother had to ___________ the responsibility of watching over me all the time.

• recite

• deliberate

• diffuse

• bear

When the speaker wakes up in the night, her mother is…

• looking at the moon

• angry at her for wetting the bed

• sitting in the kitchen

• sleeping in a chair

At the end of the poem, the speaker is now a mother and…

• believes motherhood is unpleasant.

• teaches her son the poem she learned.

• realizes how rewarding it is to be a mother

• finally understands why children admire their mothers.

Which of the following identifies a theme of the poem?

• the most important lessons that children can learn come from mothers.

• children only come to truly understand their mothers when they become parents themselves.

• as children grow up they will, without a doubt, grow apart from their mothers.

• as children grow up, their views of their mothers evolve and change.

Which section from the text best supports the theme of the poem?

• "the last time I was home/ to see my mother we kissed/ exchanged pleasantries" (Lines 1-3)

• "I remember the first time/ I consciously saw her/ we were living in an three room/ apartment" (line 7-10)

• "mommy always sat in the dar/ I dont know how I knew that but she did" (line 11-12)

• "her hair was three-quarters her height/ which made me a strong believer in the samson myth" (line 22-23)

How does the speaker's view of her mother change as she grows older?

• when she is a child, she viewed her mother with a sense of jealously, but when she is an adult she views her with admiration and respect

• when she is a child, she viewed her mother as an almost mystical being, but when she is an adult she views her more realistically.

• when she is a child, she viewed her mother as average, but when she is an adult she views her as a larger-than-life figure.

• when she is a child, she viewed her mother negatively, but when she is an adult she views her with more understanding.

Which detail from the text best supports how the speaker's view of her mother changed as she grows older?

• "I remember the first time/ I consciously saw her/ we were living in a three-room" (Lines 7-9)

• "I taught it to my son / who recited it for her" (Lines 36-37)

• "the last time I was home/ to see my mother we kissed/ exchanged pleasantries/ and unpleasantries" (Lines 1-4)

• "mommy always sat in the dark/ I dont know how I knew that but she did" (Lines 11-12)