Not My Bones

In the excerpt from “Fortune’s Bones,” which organizational pattern best describes the structure the author uses in paragraphs 17–20?

• Description

• Sequence

• Cause and effect

• Problem and solution

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Which organizational pattern does the author mainly use in the excerpt from “Fortune’s Bones”?

• Cause and effect

• Chronological

• Comparison and contrast

• Process

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In the excerpt from “Fortune’s Bones,” why does the author most likely explain what happened to Fortune’s body after his death? Choose all that may apply.

• To illustrate that enslaved people didn’t live long lives

• To show that slave owners didn’t regard their slaves as human beings

• To emphasize that slave owners were demanding of their slaves, even after death

• To indicate that enslaved people were owned, even after death

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In “Not My Bones,” which statement is a paraphrase of lines 3–6?

• Our bodies are temporary, but our soul lives on after death.

• Bones only exist until they disintegrate into the ground.

• Human bones become spiritual molecules after death.

• Skeletal remains change their form after they decompose.

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In “Not My Bones,” the poet uses the word and in line 7 to emphasize that —

• once death occurs, the body’s molecules live on

• the body is sacred once death occurs

• he no longer wants his body

• once he dies, he is not his body

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CCSS.RL.9-10.10

Which response explains what the author of “Not My Bones” means when she uses the phrase you are not your bones in line 34?

• One’s soul is more important than one’s bones.

• One’s physical form is what matters most.

• One’s body takes precedence over one’s bones.

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In “Not My Bones,” the figurative language in line 41 is used to show that —

• the speaker is finally freed by his owner

• in his dreams, the speaker runs away from his owner

• the speaker is dead

• in his mind, the speaker is free

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In “Not My Bones,” the poet uses figurative language to —

• show that the speaker has left the anguish of slavery behind

• illustrate that slavery was acceptable before it was abolished

• show how the slave despises his owner

• illustrate how the master controls the slave

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Which of the following best explains how Fortune’s experience is depicted in the two selections?

• In “Fortune’s Bones,” Fortune doesn’t think about freedom, and in “Not My Bones,” the speaker only thinks about freedom.

• In “Fortune’s Bones,” Fortune is tortured, and in “Not My Bones,” the speaker is killed by his master.

• In both selections, Fortune finds a form of freedom

• In both selections, Fortune has a better life than most slaves.

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The primary message in Not My Bones is that--

• a person’s most important qualities can’t be owned

• a person’s remains should be treated with respect

• Dr. Porter’s descendants were wrong to use Fortune’s skeleton

• people should not own or control other people

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