Day 6 Blitz Assignment

What is one difference between the excerpt from Impossible Music and the poem “The Sick Child”?

• Impossible Music deals with a child who is deaf while “The Sick Child” deals with a child who is sick.

• Impossible Music deals with a child who is dying while “The Sick Child” deals with a child who is going to sleep.

• Impossible Music deals with a child who is blind while “The Sick Child” deals with a child who has a fever.

• Impossible Music deals with a child who is mute while “The Sick Child” deals with a child who is blind.

Read these quotations from the selections. These quotations provide evidence that both the child in the poem and the child in the excerpt are -

• unaffected by their mothers’ reactions
• irritated with their mothers’ reactions
• aware of their mothers’ reactions
• confused by their mothers’ reactions

What are two similarities between the excerpt from Impossible Music and the poem “The Sick Child”? Select TWO correct answers.

• Both include a child suffering from a deadly disease.
• Both reveal how a mother deals with the loss of a child.
• Both deal with a child’s unwell condition.
• Both indicate that a child is suffering from a rare illness.
• Both reveal how a mother deals with feelings of helplessness.

In the poem “The Sick Child,” how is the mother’s reaction different from the mother’s reaction in the excerpt from Impossible Music?

• The mother in the poem is completely overwhelmed by her child’s condition.
• The mother in the poem knows that her life will return to normal.
• The mother in the poem knows that her life has changed permanently.
• The mother in the poem is frustrated with her child’s condition.

Read this quotation from paragraph 3 of Impossible Music. What is the irony expressed in this quotation?

• The boy suffers from a very rare condition that the mother does not understand.
• The mother is upset that she is not able to comfort her son.
• The mom can hear; the boy can’t, but he understands his condition before she does.
• The mom can hear what the doctors are saying, and it overwhelms her.

Read this quotation from paragraph 5. Why does the narrator use figurative language in this quotation?

• To explain the cause of his deafness
• To describe his mother’s silent response when she realizes he is deaf
• To suggest he tries to hear noises again by sticking his head in a bucket of water
• To reveal what he feels and experiences when he realizes he cannot hear