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- 1. Multiple Choice
The mood of the poem is
sad
happy
scared
nervous
- 2. Multiple Choice
"The sea taking the sky like a swimmer" is an example of
metaphor
simile
assonance
hyperbole
- 3. Multiple Choice
From the line "a bit of luck has made him generous" the reader can infer
the family is not doing well
the immigrant man feels content and happy
the man just won the lottery
life is has been cruel to the family
- 4. Multiple Choice
The black umbrella is an example of
metaphor
conflict
symbolism
theme
- 5. Multiple Choice
The theme or overall message about life from the poem is
Immigrants should not give up their cultural beliefs even in a new country.
People from all cultures should live in harmony.
The price for freedom is always worth it.
While living in a new country may bring happiness, it is not without its challenges.
- 6. Multiple ChoiceWhat does the black umbrella reveal about the family?The immigrants are cautious about their new lifeThe family dislikes their new lifeThe family is gothic and enjoys black umbrellasAll the umbrellas on the beach are black for mourning
- 7. Multiple Choice
The following lines from the poem are an example of:
"The picnickers have come/ to rest their bicycles/ in the the sprawling shade./Under each tree, a stillness of small pleasures:"
metaphor
simile
imagery
symbolism
- 8. Multiple ChoiceA simile is...When the author compares two ideas that are close in relationWhen an author compares two things using "like" or "as"When the author uses symbols to display an ideaWhen the author structures the text to compare two things
- 9. Multiple ChoiceAn example of a metaphor"The sun sifting through / the leaves in panes of light""A bit of luck has made him generous""A woman of forty / squints up from her book / to bite into an apple"
- 10. Multiple Choice"Park peninsula," "Waves of wind," and "Catches a kite" are examples of....
Personification
Alliteration
Simile
Allusions
- 11. Multiple Choice
"If the day has one color, / it is this: / the blue immersion of horizons, / the sea taking the sky like a swimmer" connotes
the beauty of the sea's movement against the sky's horizon
a swimmer has moved so far out toward the horizon that he can no longer be seen.
the sky has stolen the sea
the dangerous sea waves
- 12. Multiple Choice
"Voices are lost / in waves of wind /that catches a kite /
and keeps it there / in the air above the trees" connotes
the day would be more pleasant if the wind stopped
the stormy winds overtake everything
the day is windy but pleasant
people are going home because a storm is coming.
- 13. Multiple Choice
Which is NOT a connotation present in this passage:
The picnickers have come
to rest their bicycles
in the sprawling shade.
Under each tree, a stillness
of small pleasures:
a boy, half in sunlight,
naps with his dog;
a woman of forty
squints up from her book
to bite into an apple.
relaxation
togetherness
exhaustion
idleness
- 14. Multiple Choice
The following lines reveal everything EXCEPT:
He would not in his own language
call it work, to cook
the sticks of marinated meat
for his son circling a yarn
of joy around the chosen tree.
The family is having a picnic.
English is a second language for the father.
The immigrant enjoys cooking for his family.
The son wants to go home.
- 15. Multiple Choice
The following lines from the poem reveal everything EXCEPT:
A bit of luck has made him generous.
At this moment in his life,
with the sun sifting through
the leaves in panes of light,
he can easily say he loves his wife.
She lifts an infant
onto her left shoulder
as if the child
were a treasured sack of rice.
The family struggled for food in the country they came from.
The family is having a lovely time together.
The child is often ill and crying.
The immigrant father feels lucky to be in America.
- 16. Multiple Choice
The following lines reveal everything EXCEPT:
"On the grass beside their straw mat,
a black umbrella,
blooming like an ancient flower,
betrays their recent arrival.
Suspicious of so much sunshine,
they keep expecting rain."
The family is not used to good times lasting.
The family has only been in America a short while.
The family is always prepared for misfortune to hit.
The skies are beginning to cloud over.
- 17. Multiple Choice
In the following quotation, sunshine represents:
"On the grass beside their straw mat,
a black umbrella,
blooming like an ancient flower,
betrays their recent arrival.
Suspicious of so much sunshine,
they keep expecting rain."
prosperity, freedom and good fortune
poverty, oppression, bad fortune
warm, pleasant weather
bright light and seeing clearly
- 18. Multiple Choice
In the following quotation, rain represents:
"On the grass beside their straw mat,
a black umbrella,
blooming like an ancient flower,
betrays their recent arrival.
Suspicious of so much sunshine,
they keep expecting rain."
prosperity, freedom and good fortune
poverty, oppression, bad fortune
cold, unpleasant weather
darkness and not being able to see clearly
- 19. Multiple Choice
Which of the following diction patterns reveal the family's feels about their move to America
picnickers, rest, stillness, apple
remember, cook, chosen, panes
loves, joy, blooming, generous
chosen, ancient, suspicious, lifts
- 20. Multiple Choice
The title of the poem connotes
The way that the move can transform people's lives.
The way troubles can magically disappear.
The joy of a family picnic feels like magic.
Houdini immigrated to America.
- 21. Multiple Choice
Connotation means
an inference gained by persuasive means such as rhetorical question
to work together without argument or fuss.
the emotive meaning behind a word, comparison, or image.
Addressing something non-human as if were human and could understand what you are saying.
- 22. Multiple Choice
Diction means
syntax
word choice
allusion
sentence structure
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