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WorksheetsReview for "Hanging Fire" and "Summer of his Fourteenth Year"
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 14mins
What can be inferred about the speaker’s view of the mother through the use of the repeated phrase in each stanza in "Hanging Fire"?
an unsympathetic parent
a compassionate parent
a humane parent
a considerate parent
What does the closed door symbolize in "Hanging Fire"?
The neediness of the child
The child’s nervousness
The mother’s heartache for the child
The mother’s lack of attention towards the child.
One theme of "Hanging Fire" is...
Children are resilient
Doors closed mean privacy
Teenagers still need their parents' support
In lines 19–21 of “Hanging Fire,” the speaker says “there is nothing I want to do and too much that has to be done” to express
frustration at having too many chores
a constantly changing view of life.
a feeling of excitement about the future.
anger about not making the Math Team.
A concern that the speaker in “Hanging Fire” repeats in each stanza relates to
dying soon
needing help
feeling happy
wanting space
In “Hanging Fire” what is the effect of the speaker’s repetition of the same phrase at the end of each stanza?
It shows that the speaker is not dependent on his or her mother.
It suggests a good relationship with his or her mother.
It reveals the mother’s need to better understand her child.
It emphasizes the speaker’s need for the mother’s guidance.
Each stanza of “Hanging Fire” ends with a period, but there are no commas or other punctuation elsewhere. What is the effect of the lack of punctuation ?
The lack of punctuation does nothing to the meaning of the poem. It shows the authors lack of writing skills.
The lack of punctuation creates a run-on sentence. The Author is confused.
The lack of internal punctuation creates a run-on sentence. The effect is a feeling of jumping from one thought to another unrelated thought.
The lack of punctuation shows that the author was not finished with the poem.
Which is the following is an example of a simile?
as tensely strung as the tennis racket he grips
Intermittent impulses, quickly sated
Wailing guitars weave a cocoon
Surliness is his knife
An important message in "Summer of his Fourteenth Year" is that--
teenagers are messy and inconsiderate
it's impossible to communicate with a surly teenager
leaving childhood behind is hard for parents and teens
parents of teens are too nagging and protective
In "Summer of His Fourteenth Year," the poet portrays the mood swings of a teenager by -
using imagery of blades and cutting
mixing long lines and short lines and cutting off thoughts
describing the messes the boy leaves in the house
using metaphors to describe the boy's bedroom
In "Summer of His Fourteenth Year," the lines grow shorter at the end to imply -
the speaker is running out of things to say
the speaker's son is dying
the speaker feels growing distance from her son
the speaker cares less and less for her son
"Choking him with nagging chores / Cloying protection / Closed doors." What is the most likely definition of the word cloying as it is used in these lines?
warm and loving
overly sweet and sentimental
welcome and needed
fostering independence and strength
