Poetry Collection Pop Quiz

Needy means

• very poor

• requiring help

• all of the options

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

_____________ means a strong desire to have or get things of value

• avarice

• needy

• desperate

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

In “Money,” which detail best suggests that the mother and father are carefully frugal and not simply hard-hearted?

• The father goes to work every day and goes out on Saturdays.

• They do not spoil their children by purchasing fancy things.

• They never splurge on frivolous things like expensive shoes or designer clothes.

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RI.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Avarice means

• great greed

• generosity

• desire for special items

• all options

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

________means feeling hopeless because a situation seems impossible to manage

• avarice

• desperate

• needy

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

_______ means lacking in the necessities of life or “very poor”.

• avarice

• desperate

• needy

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Which of these calls is most likely to sound desperate?

• a call for help

• a call for an order

• a call for a game to start

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

If a person looks at something in a shop’s window with avarice, which of the following statements is most likely to be true?

• He cannot afford anything displayed in the window.

• He is attracted by the pretty display of items.

• He very much wants what he sees in the display.

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Desperate means

• extremely bad

• reckless

• without hope

• all options

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

The speaker in “The Good Life” says, “It makes me nostalgic. For the years I lived on coffee and bread….” How does she most likely feel about her past?

• She worries that she might forget how hard life is for others.

• She feels a great sense of relief that the past is behind her.

• She has some fond memories of times that were hard for her.

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9