Not My Bones Poem

In the excerpt from "Fortune's Bones," which organizational pattern best describes the structure the author uses in paragraphs 17–20? (TEK 8.9B)

• A Description

• B Sequence

• C Cause and effect

• D Problem and solution

Which organizational pattern does the author mainly use in the excerpt from "Fortune's Bones"? (TEK 8.8Diii)

• F Cause and effect

• G Chronological

• H Comparison and contrast

• J Process

In the excerpt from "Fortune's Bones," why does the author most likely explain what happened to Fortune's body after his death? (TEK 8.9A)

• A To illustrate that enslaved people didn't live long lives

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

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

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

In "Not My Bones," which statement is a paraphrase of lines 3-6? (TEK 8.6D)

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

• G Bones only exist until they disintegrate into the ground.

• H Human bones become spiritual molecules after death.

• J Skeletal remains change their form after they decompose.

In "Not My Bones," the poet uses the word and in line 7 to emphasize that – (TEK 8.9A)

• A once death occurs, the body's molecules live on

• B the body is sacred once death occurs

• C he no longer wants his body

• D once he dies, he is not his body

Which two responses explain what the author of "Not My Bones" means when she uses the phrase you are not your bones in line 34? (TEK 8.9D)

• F One's soul is more important than one's bones.

• G One's physical form is what matters most.

• H One's mind cannot be defeated even if the bones are damaged.

• J One's body takes precedence over one's bones.

• K One's skeleton can overcome the mind.

In "Not My Bones," the figurative language in line 41 is used to show that - (TEK 8.9D)

• A the speaker is finally freed by his owner

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

• C the speaker is dead

• D in his mind, the speaker is free

Question 9: In "Not My Bones," the poet uses figurative language to — (TEK 8.9D)

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

• B illustrate that slavery was acceptable before it was abolished

• C show how the slave despises his owner

• D illustrate how the master controls the slave

Question 10: Which of the following best explains how Fortune's experience is depicted in the two selections? (TEK 8.6B)

• F In "Fortune's Bones," Fortune doesn't think about freedom, and in "Not My Bones," the speaker only thinks

  about freedom.

• G In "Fortune's Bones," Fortune is tortured, and in "Not My Bones," the speaker is killed by his master.

• H In both selections, Fortune finds a form of freedom.

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

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