My Father and the Fig Tree

"For other fruits my father was indifferent." Indifferent means...

• moving your shoulders like you don't care

• having no feelings for or no interest

• feeling less worried

In Arabic tales or stories, Joha is...

• a funny hero

• an unlucky man

• a strong woman who saves people

In the poem, the father dreams about...

• growing a big fig tree

• sharing juicy figs with his daughter

• eating the largest, fattest, sweetest fig

As a child, the author's daughter ate a _____ fig once.

• juicy

• large

• dried

• sweet

The author says she once ate a fig and shrugged. Shrugged means...

• shook her head from side to side

• lifted her shoulders and lowered them

• crossed her legs

Over the years, the family moved _____ times to different houses.

• a few

• two

• many

On his last move, her father called her and he was

• singing a fig tree song

• speaking Arabic to her

• mowing around a fig tree in his yard

"Plucking his figs like ripe tokens, emblems." Emblems means...

• prizes for the fair

• objects that represent an idea

• promises that someone makes

"Assurance of a world that was always his own." Assurance means...

• not caring or having much interest

• objects that represent an idea

• promises that make someone feel less worried

In the poem, it says " a world that was always his own." Why was the word always used, what does it mean?

• That the father was happy to now have a big fig tree.

• That his world was figs whether he had them or not.

• That he always told stories with figs in them and now stopped.