Boys
Who is the "Ballad of Birmingham" written by?
a. Mervyn Morris
b. Louis Bennett
c. Langston Hughes
d. Dudley Randall
d. Dudley Randall
Who are the main characters present in the poem Ballad of Birmingham?
a. a mother and her daughter
b. a father and his son
c. police officers
a. a mother and her daughter
What is the rhyming scheme of the poem?
a. ABAB
b. ABCB
c. CDCD
d. AABB
b. ABCB
What is a quatrain?
a. a stanza with four lines.
b. a stanza with five lines.
c. a stanza with eight lines.
d. the lines of the poem
a. a stanza with four lines
Why doesn’t the mother let her daughter go to the Freedom March?
a. She doesn’t think it’s safe
b. She doesn’t want her to go alone
c. She’s worried about stray dogs attacking her
d. She wants her to go church
a. She doesn’t think it’s safe
What happens at the end of the poem?
a. The mother and daughter reunite
b. The daughter runs away
c. The daughter dies in the bombing
d. The daughter dies in the Freedom March
c. The daughter dies in the bombing
What does the author mean “Her eyes grew wet and wild”
a. She was crying
b. She was excited
c. She was terrified
d. She was nervous
a. She was crying
What is the author referring to when he says “sacred place” in stanza 6?
a. The Freedom March
b. The school
c. The church
d. Their house
c. the church
Why does the author say "For the dogs are fierce and while, and clubs, and hoses, guns and jails aren't good for a little child" and " For I fear those guns will fire."?
a.To make you feel nervous
b. Make you feel afraid
c. Help you sense the violence taking place
c. Help you sense the violence taking place
Which line supports the inference that the mom believes the church is safe?
a. “For I fear the guns will fire”
b. “But that smile was the last smile to come upon her face”
c. “The mother smiled to know that her child was in the sacred place.”
d. “She raced through the streets of Birmingham calling for her child.”
c. “The mother smiled to know that her child was in the sacred place.”