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Quiz by Emily Saavedra, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Emily Saavedra
almost 3 years ago
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Question 1
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In the poem “In My Country,” the speaker encounters a woman. What main concern does the woman have about the speaker?
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She is concerned that the speaker comes from elsewhere and does not belong there.
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She is concerned that the speaker comes from elsewhere and is probably stranded.
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She is concerned that the speaker makes her afraid and is probably dangerous.
Question 2
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The voice of the woman in the poem “In My Country”, in her response to the speaker, can best be described as containing:
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suspicion or dislike
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insincerity or falseness
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contempt or outrage
Question 3
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In “My Daughter Waits by the Door,” why does the young girl continue to wait by the door?
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because a friend has promised to come
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because she is too young to fully understand the situation
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because she knows that someday her friends will stop by
Question 4
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Why does the speaker repeat the word here in the following lines from the poem “In My Country”?
Where do you come from?
‘Here,’ I said, ‘Here. These parts.’
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to show how far she has come.
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to emphasize that she belongs there
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to make sure the woman can hear her
Question 5
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What effect does the experience described in “My Daughter Waits by the Door” have on the girl?
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She grows more eager.
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She grows more anxious.
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She grows more hopeless.
Question 6
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What does the speaker in “My Daughter Waits by the Door?” observe about his daughter and her friends in the neighborhood?
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His daughter avoids the other children in the neighborhood.
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The other children in the neighborhood no longer play with his daughter.
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His daughter’s friends do not understand the reasons for the change in her behavior.
Question 7
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What is the meaning of dregs as it is used in these lines from “In My Country”?
"a woman passed round me
in a slow, watchful circle,
as if I were a superstition;
or the worst dregs of her imagination"
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mysterious clue
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fanciful creation
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unwanted leftover
Question 8
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Based on its context, which meaning of the word smothered does the author use in the following lines from “My Daughter Waits by the Door”?
"When a breeze whistles past the house
she opens the blue door with a smile
to see whether anybody waits outside
asking her to play on the reckless street
smothered in hostile dust; but no-one is there."
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overwhelmed by another's attention
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covered entirely
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killed by suffocation
Question 9
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Which errors does Kiara make in her first paragraph (Sentences 1-5)?
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The paragraph contains a run-on sentence
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The paragraph contains capitalization errors.
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The paragraph contains errors in agreement
Question 10
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Kiara recognizes that in her second paragraph (sentences 6-9) her sentences are out of order, which makes it difficult to understand her writing.
What is the most effective way to rearrange the sentences of Kiara’s paragraph #2 (sentences 6-9)?
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Because of school and family obligations, students have a limited amount of time to complete their work, causing them to choose to complete one subject’s homework while ignoring the other. Not only does limiting homework improve the happiness of students, it also helps students to perform better in their classes. Making a difficult but understandable choice like this means that a student will not do as well in a class as they could have. Therefore, it is easy to see that by adding homework limits, students will have a better chance to spend equal time on their courses and earn grades that reflect their potential.
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Not only does limiting homework improve the happiness of students, it also helps students to perform better in their classes. Making a difficult but understandable choice like this means that a student will not do as well in a class as they could have. Therefore, it is easy to see that by adding homework limits, students will have a better chance to spend equal time on their courses and earn grades that reflect their potential. Because of school and family obligations, students have a limited amount of time to complete their work, causing them to choose to complete one subject’s homework while ignoring the other.
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Not only does limiting homework improve the happiness of students, it also helps students to perform better in their classes. Because of school and family obligations, students have a limited amount of time to complete their work, causing them to choose to complete one subject’s homework while ignoring the other. Making a difficult but understandable choice like this means that a student will not do as well in a class as they could have. Therefore, it is easy to see that by adding homework limits, students will have a better chance to spend equal time on their courses and earn grades that reflect their potential.
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