WorksheetsThe Hawk Xan Soar
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
MND is incurable
True
False
Who had MND in Davenport's family?
Her brothers
Her only sister
Her dad and grandpa
She was the only one that had it
This story has many fragments to show the author's thought processes
True
False
"The way disability stands in for everything you were or ever would have been." is an example of
simile
personification
theme
Motor Neuron Disease worsens overtime
False
True
"The Hawk Can Soar" is a
Fiction story
Myth
Memoir
This disease affected her family when they were in their
70s and 80s
90s
50s
when they were her age
In a memoir, the author will Include his/her feelings
False
True
Who does the hawk represent?
The author
Her dad
Her grandpa
an ---------- argument
irrefutable
insidious
She claims to have ----------- powers, given to her by some mysterious spirit.
occult
irrefutable
The author most likely narrates her essay out of chronological order to help convey her —
memories and thoughts about her disease
anger about her disease and its history
medical condition and its treatment
career history and hopes for the future
Which does NOT describe the effect the incomplete sentences and fragments have on the memoir?
"Elbox clamped to my side."
"Spastic."
"Disabled."
"Happy."
Which sentence part supports that the author is optimistic?
turn and climb back into the driver’s seat and point my car south, toward home.
the man and the hawk are gone
and yet so familiar by now that I feel every turn
In my ever hopeful bones.
Why does the author begin the memoir with a description of her current condition?
She doubts the diagnosis of her condition.
She is teaching the reader how to move a walker.
She is showing her respect for the health care workers.
She wants the reader to understand the nature of her condition.
Which two sentences suggest ways in which the writer compares herself to the hawk in paragraph 16?
She knows she can soar.
She is restrained.
She has limited vision.
She likes hunting in the rain.
She is restrained.
She dreams of independence.
She knows she can soar.
She likes hunting in the rain.
What mood does this sentence from paragraph 5 create?
But each new environment is a landscape of loss.
content
hopeless
isolated
reflective
In paragraph 9, the author uses personification to describe her —
career
concern
disability
future
The phrase tilting at windmills alludes to an event in the novel Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes where the protagonist imagines he is fighting giants when he is actually fighting windmills. What does the phrase tilting at windmills likely mean in paragraph 7?
Fighting in battle
Fighting to spite others
Fighting for a better reality
Fighting in vain
The term chimera in paragraph 7 alludes to a monster in Greek mythology composed of parts from multiple animals, commonly a lion, goat, and snake. By describing her thoughts as a chimera, the author most likely intends to —
describe the range of different thoughts she has
emphasize the implausibility of her thoughts
prove how monstrous her thoughts feel
show which way her thoughts are pulling her
In paragraph 3, the author most likely includes information about her family’s history to —
explain the time it takes to recognize the disease
give the reader more information about her personality
offer a scientific medical diagnosis
help readers understand how lucky she
help readers understand how lucky she has been
The author describes her experience with her illness in detail to —
ensure that readers will be sympathetic
demonstrate that she is not as ill as it seems
show how people can overcome their circumstances
make it clear that she is not her disease
