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- 1. Multiple Choice
"Bananas flying into town like projectiles" is a ....
simile
metaphor
hyperbole
personification
- 2. Multiple Choice
"The fury of the wind" is a ....
simile
metaphor
hyperbole
personification
- 3. Multiple Choice
"Big as the myth of origin" is a ....
simile
metaphor
hyperbole
personification
- 4. Multiple Choice
"Where the ocean herself is born" is a ....
simile
metaphor
hyperbole
personification
- 5. Multiple Choice
"Sea/Swimming into the sun" is an example of
alliteration
simile
hyperbole
Paradox
- 6. Multiple Choice
"Swallowing raindrops" is imagery that suggest..
internalizing pain
a giant rainstorm
happy tears
water as a lifeforce
- 7. Multiple Choice
"Who is that bird/reporting the storm" is a....
personification
metaphor
simile
hyperbole
- 8. Multiple Choice
"Certain trees... they cannot sass anymore" is a
personification
simile
metaphor
hyperbole
- 9. Multiple Choice
The tone in "Problems with Hurricanes" as expressed in lines like "This would not carry shame/But/to suffer a mango smashing/Your skull...is the ultimate disgrace" is
darkly humorous
Peaceful and clam
Sad but hopeful
Angry and cold
- 10. Multiple Choice
What theme is suggested by "Don't worry about the noise/Don't worry about the water/Don't worry about the wind/If you are going out beware of mangoes/And all such beautiful/sweet things" (Cruz 30-25).
Life is unexpected so live to the fullest.
Don't sweat the small stuff
Mangoes are killer fruit
You should just stay home because the world is dangerous
- 11. Multiple Choice
A "hurricane" or a "tornado" may be a symbol of... PICK ALL CORRECT ANSWERS.
change
destruction
home
teenagers
- 12. Multiple Choice
In "Prayers to the Pacific," the ocean connects the speaker to ...
Her hertiage
the trees
her friendships
to her anger
- 13. Multiple Choice
"Big as the myth of origin" might MEAN that...
Her feelings are connecting her to the stories of her ancestors
Her emotions are lying to her
The ocean has carried her too far away from her family
The stories she was told weren't true.
- 14. Multiple Choice
Why does the Campesino suggest that "death by drowning" is better than being "killed by a flying banana?"
It is less disgraceful
It is faster
Bananas are evil
It is more common
- 15. Multiple Choice
Why does Silko break up the lines in "Prayers to the Pacific" and leave spaces between the words?
To mimic the ocean
To show her scattered thoughts
To resemble a hurricane
It was unintentional
- 16. Multiple Choice
In "Tornando at Tallageda," the "birds reporting the storm" suggests...
People gossiping about the misfortune of others
Birds looking for their nests
The woman on the weather report
People are angry about the storm
- 17. Multiple Choice
In "Tornando at Tallageda," the trees "cannot announce anymore 'How fine I am!'" means... PICK ALL CORRECT ANSWERS
They cannot say they are okay
They can no longer think they are better than others
The trees will survive
Trees can't talk
- 18. Multiple Choice
In ALL three poems, nature is shown to be... PICK ALL CORRECT ANSWERS
A force of change
Unpredictable
Nurturing and kids
Connected to our ancestery
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