The Beginning and The End

Part A: Which word best describes the tone of stanzas 1–2?

• Uncertain

• Practical

• Grateful

• Formal

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.7.5C

CCSS.L.7.5D

Part B: Which three highlighted lines best support the answer to Part A?

• After every war

• Things won’t

• Someone has to push the rubble to the side of the road,

• someone has to clean up.

• straighten themselves up, after all

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CCSS.RL.7.1

The diction and syntax in lines 9–13 create which mood?

• Threatening

• Dreadful

• Melancholy

• Gloomy

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.7.5C

CCSS.RL.7.1

What effect does the repetition of the phrase Someone has to at the beginning of lines 5, 9, and 14 have?

• It emphasizes the monotony and anonymity of war.

• It underscores the unimportance of war.

• It establishes the theme of the poem.

• It changes the voice of the poem.

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.7.5D

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.7.5

The purpose of lines 18–21 is to —

• describe how photographers find beauty in war

• emphasize that there are always other wars

• clarify that wars can go on for many years

• explain the importance of photographic records of war

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CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.7.2

In lines 24–25, the speaker is saying that people will —

• only have ragged clothes to wear

• rebuild despite the cold weather

• ruin their clothes when they rebuild

• work hard for a long time to rebuild

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CCSS.RL.7.1

What is most likely the poet’s purpose for using the phrases rusted-out arguments and garbage pile in lines 33–42?

• To reveal what the speaker thinks about the causes of the war

• To describe the difficult work that the rebuilders have to do

• To explain the role of the people who are cleaning up after the war

• To point out the enormous amount of rubble left after the war

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.7.6

The most likely reason the poet repeats the word little in lines 40–42 is to —

• minimize the effects of war

• establish a feeling of insignificance

• convey the diminishing memories of war

• place the burden of remembering on the reader

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.1

In the last stanza, who must be stretched out / blade of grass in his mouth / gazing at the clouds?

• A soldier who has fought in the war

• The speaker of the poem

• A person who has never experienced war

• The child of someone who has died

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.RL.7.2

After every war

someone has to clean up. (lines 1-2)

• Literal language

• Figurative language

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.7.5A