Punching the Air 334-end

In "Art School III" we learn that Amal couldn't attend poetry class for a few days because

• he was in the hospital

• he was being punished for writing on the walls

• he was in solitary confinement

• he yelled at the teacher

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In "Art School III" Amal uses his pencil and paper to write to

• Umi

• Lucas

• his lawyer, Clyde

• Zenobia

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When Amal reads the letter he wrote out loud, the other students:

• say he sounds "desperate"

• ask if Amal can write a letter to THEIR girlfriends too

• laugh

• all of the above

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What is a "misgiving" according to Imani?

• a gift that is never given

• a gut feeling that you hear in your mind, but that you choose to ignore

• a mistake

• all of the above

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What is in the box that Imani opens with Amal?

• Cans of paint & paintbrushes

• Markers & notebooks

• Poetry books

• Letters from home

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In "Art School IV" we read Amal's thoughts that "my punches will be paintbrushes." This is an example of:

• personification

• metaphor

• simile

• symbolism

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Amal states that "The home I've known all my life / was squeezing in around me..."

This is an example of:

• allusion

• symbol

• enjambment

• personification

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Amal's favorite painting is:

• the Mona Lisa

• the Sistine Chapel

• Guernica

• the Scream

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On page 353, the words "we rise we rise we rise" appear as:

• a triangle

• stairs going up

• stairs going down

• a butterfly

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The poem "Young Basquiat" is a reference to a poet named Jean-Michel Basquiat. Referring to another person or event from history is called:

• imagery

• symbol

• allusion

• epistrophe

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