Narrative Essays with Fiction and Nonfiction Review

Why did Annie walk with pails of stones at night?

• Testing her strength
• Selling them to the factories
• Selling them to the workers
• She is in a weight-lifting contest

In 'New Directions', which of the following details is significant?

• Annie is tall.
• Annie's marriage ends.
• Annie's husband is named William.
• Annie lives in Arkansas.

What does Annie Johnson do when she 'cuts herself a new path'?

• She cuts a path into her lawn
• She takes a job as a servant
• She finds a way to support her family
• She fixes roads

In a narrative essay, what is the author's main purpose?

• To persuade
• To describe
• To tell a story
• To explain 

Annie says she can 'mix groceries well enough to scare hungry away'. What does she mean?

• She is a bad cook.
• She can cook fairly well.
• She cooks fancy gourmet food.
• She has never cooked in her life.

From Maya Angelou's advice at the end of 'New Directions', you can predict that she...

• has changed directions in her own life
• has made no changes in her life
• is afraid of taking risks
• is embarrassed when she changes her plan.

What quality do you think Maya Angelou admires most about Annie?

• Her appearance 
• Her determination 
• Her optimism
• Her curiosity

Which is the best description on Annie Johnson?

• Smart, Reads Well, Has 2 Kids

• Smart, Does not Read Well, Has 2 Kids

• Dumb, Does not Read Well, Has 2 Kids

What is the moral of "New Directions"?

• Find new opportunities to reinvent yourself.

• Give up if life doesn't work out the way you think it should.

• If you're unhappy, do nothing about it, you will learn to adjust to the situation.

• If you start something that is difficult and new, quit if it is too hard.

What is the implied future for Annie's ex-husband William?

• He will likely court the unmarried daughter of his minister friend.

• He will likely never marry and devote himself to being a minister.

• He will likely regret divorcing Annie and crawl back to win her back.

• He will likely sell meat pies, too, to rival Annie's newfound success.