"The Vietnam Wall" by Alberto Rios
Authored by Andrea Flores
English
9th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which statement best expresses the central idea of “The Vietnam Wall” by Alberto Ríos?
The Vietnam Wall lists the names of those who died in the Vietnam War.
The Vietnam Wall records the deaths of the speaker’s friends and relatives.
The Vietnam Wall resembles the scar left by an appendix operation.
The Vietnam Wall has a powerful emotional effect on the people who visit it.
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which statement best evaluates the effect of the short, choppy lines at the beginning of “The Vietnam Wall”?
They capture a tone of childlike wonder.
They suggest that the speaker is contradicting himself.
They reflect the experience of emotions building in the speaker.
They convey that the wall means different things to different people.
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
In the lines “The way like cutting onions / It brings water out of nowhere,” what does the speaker’s simile suggest about visiting the Vietnam Wall?
It brings on sudden crying.
It requires close attention.
It is like peeling layer after layer.
It leaves a bad taste in one’s mouth.
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
How does the speaker support the idea that the Vietnam War caused tremendous physical suffering?
By describing the injuries that soldiers suffered
By comparing aspects of the wall to physical wounds
By reflecting on his own physical injuries
By suggesting that the wall is like an archaeological dig
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
In the lines “Taller than I am: I have walked / Into a grave,” what does the speaker’s figurative language suggest that he has walked into?
A trap
A silent place
A forbidden place
Amemorial of the dead
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Why is the effect of listing the names on the wall in order of death, rather than in alphabetical order, most likely important to the poem?
It makes the names easier to locate in a reference book.
It emphasizes the continuing sequence of individual deaths and makes the war’s losses feel personal.
It proves that the soldiers came from different countries.
It shows that the names were arranged according to the soldiers’ ranks.
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Consider what the speaker does at the wall. Which action best completes the chart?
He puts flowers in the wall’s cracks.
He begins to leave.
He recalls his time in junior high school.
He pinches himself.
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