"Homemade Hot Sauce" Mini Quiz

What is the main activity described in the poem?

• Visiting a museum

• Making homemade hot sauce

• Playing music outdoors

• Fishing in a local river

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

Where does the mother find the ingredients for her hot sauce?

• An online store

• A roadside vegetable post

• A friend's garden

• A supermarket

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.7.3

CCSS.RI.8.3

What does the mother do with the peppers after bringing them home?

• She makes a salad

• She eats them raw

• She plants them in the garden

• She makes hot sauce

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

How does the poem describe the final step of the hot sauce preparation?

• Sealing it in a jar and refrigerating

• Placing it outdoors to ferment under the sun

• Serving it immediately with dinner

• Giving it as a gift to neighbors

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.3

The metaphor in lines 1-3 compares

• Mother's shopping experience to a hunt.

• Mother's shopping experience to a market.

• Mother's shopping experience to a roadside.

• Mother's shopping experience to cooking

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

How does the poem illustrate the mother's expertise in making hot sauce?

• By showing her precise measurements

• By describing her selection of spices

• By detailing her careful cooking technique

• By highlighting her secret ingredient

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

Which lines in stanza of the poem provide clues to the meaning of the word analyze?

• lines 2 & 3-"in search of prime specimens/

  little red peppers"

• lines 10 &11 -"his makeshift market in the wind/

  Mother slowly stalks the produced"

• lines 19 &20-"turning them over

  squeezing them lightly as they rest/in the palm of her wrinkled hand"

• lines 13 & 14-"pores over the vianda/

  pauses to ask if I’d like her

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

In line 24, "their fiery nature screaming" is a _____________

• personification that emphasizes the loudness of the people of the market.

• hyperbole that emphasizes the the spiciness of the red peppers.

• personification that emphasizes the the spiciness of the red peppers.

• hyperbole that emphasizes the loudness of the people of the market.

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

How does the setting in the poem shift?

• In stanza 1 the setting of the poem in a grocery store while in stanza 2 the setting is at the market.

• In stanza 1 the setting of the poem the home while in stanza 2 the setting is at market.

• In stanza 1 the setting of the poem the market while in stanza 2 the setting is at home.

• In stanza 1 the setting of the poem the woods while in stanza 2 the setting is at home.

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

Which THREE words in stanza 2 show that the mom is devoted to making her homemade hot sauce

• concoction, promptly, pounds

• promptly, scrutinizes, analyzes

• ferment, promptly, pounds

• patiently, promptly, pounds

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4