Dickinson/ Ambush
Ambush
Ambush
Kitchens/ Picture Bride
Picture Bride/ Ambush
100
"Success is counted sweetest" indicates that, in general, people value most that which a. they cannot have. c. they have had but lost. b. they least understand. d. society places the greatest value on.
they cannot have.
100
The narrator's experience, as he describes it, could best be compared to a. a TV news report. c. a slow-motion video. b. a still photograph. d. an abstract painting.
What is a slow-motion video.
100
What does the narrator suggest in the following passage? "It was not a matter of live or die. There was no real peril. Almost certainly the young man would have passed by. And it will always be that way."
What is The young man was not really a soldier.
100
What is the main feeling that the narrator of "Kitchens" expresses toward "the women who came before"? a. sympathy c. admiration b. superiority d. envy or jealousy
What is admiration
100
The speaker never asks or comments directly about the "picture bride's" a. attitude. c. behavior. b. clothing. d. possessions.
What is attitude.
200
In "The Bustle in a House," images of housework are used to represent a. a burial or funeral. c. the grieving process. b. religious salvation. d. death, or the process of dying.
What is the grieving process.
200
One main reason the narrator lies to his daughter is that he a. does not remember the true story. b. thinks she is too young to deal with the truth. c. fears she will hate him if she knows the truth. d. has not told the story to anyone.
What is thinks she is too young to deal with the truth.
200
You are most likely to gape at something that you find a. unusual. b. amusing. c. irritating.
What is unusual.
200
In which quotation from "Kitchens" does the writer use onomatopoeia? a. "hear the hiss of escaping steam" b. "the zucchini turning black, too, in the ink of the beans" c. "my kitchen fills with the hands of women who came before me" d. "the shiny black beans floating over the smooth brown grains of rice"
What is "hear the hiss of escaping steam"
200
The poem suggests that the setting the "picture bride" found herself in when she married was a. lush. c. bustling. b. bleak. d. dangerous.
What is bleak.
300
In "Because I could not stop for Death," all of the following ride in the carriage EXCEPT a. life. c. the speaker. b. death. d. immortality.
Life
300
The main feeling that is revealed by the narrator's reaction to his daughter is a. protectiveness toward her. b. envy of her youth and innocence. c. insecurity about her love for him. d. resentment about being questioned by a child.
What is protectiveness toward her.
300
You are mostly likely to grope for something if you are a. afraid of it. b. in the dark. c. extremely annoyed.
What is in the dark.
300
The narrator of "Kitchens" would be likely to describe the food supplied by the cooks she describes as all of the following EXCEPT a. scanty. c. traditional. b. delicious. d. a gift of love.
What is scanty.
300
The poem suggests that the grandfather chose his bride based mainly on her a. name. c. reputation. b. appearance. d. level of education.
What is b. appearance.
400
The narrator throws the grenade toward the young man in order to a. kill him. c. make him disappear. b. frighten him. d. prove something to himself.
What is make him disappear
400
As the flashback begins, members of the narrator's platoon were a. off duty. c. in the middle of a battle. b. on the march. d. either asleep or on guard.
What is either asleep or on guard.
400
You are most likely to ponder before making a a. joke. b. mistake. c. hard decision.
What is hard decision.
400
Despite following the advice about peeling bananas, the narrator says that "the stain won't come out, and the subtle earthy green smell of that sap follows me . . ." What is suggested by this statement? a. The advice she was given was incorrect. b. Her bananas are different from those in Puerto Rico. c. She will always be affected by her past and her heritage. d. She will never be as competent as the women who taught her.
What is She will always be affected by her past and her heritage.
400
The speaker asks all of the following questions about her grandmother EXCEPT for a. whether she ever loved her husband. b. whether she walked a long way to the boat. c. what her good-byes to her family were like. d. what she did when she first met her husband.
What is whether she ever loved her husband.
500
The narrator believes that his reason for killing the young man was a. unthinking fear. c. dedication to duty. b. irrational hatred. d. a tragic misunderstanding.
What is unthinking fear.
500
Kiowa offered all of the following justifications for the killing EXCEPT that a. the narrator's action saved the platoon. b. the young man would have died sometime anyway. c. the young man would have killed the narrator if given a chance. d. a soldier's duty, during war, is to kill the enemy.
What is the narrator's action saved the platoon.
500
When the narrator of "Kitchens" says, "From the corner of my eye, I see the knife blade flashing," she is making the point that a. kitchen work can be dangerous. b. the cooks are skilled and efficient. c. she has an unusually accurate memory. d. she will never be able to escape her memories.
What is the cooks are skilled and efficient.
500
The speaker knows all of the following facts EXCEPT for a. where her grandfather worked. b. where her grandmother had lived in Korea. c. what her grandmother first said to her grandfather. d. how old her grandmother was when she immigrated.
What is what her grandmother first said to her grandfather.
500
After throwing the grenade but before it exploded, the narrator wanted to a. be sick. c. warn his platoon. b. duck for cover. d. warn the young man.
What is warn the young man.
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