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- 1. Multiple ChoiceThe speakers attitude towards the girl could be described asaffectionate but superiorpassionate yet slightly jealousshy and frightened simultaneouslyromantic and eager to please
- 2. Multiple Choice
Readers can determine that this poem is set in another era in time because
the woman accepts an orange for a payment
a boy bought candy for a girl
the price of the chocolate was ten cents
the boy was kind
- 3. Multiple ChoiceThe imagery of the breath in lines 6-7 and in line 20 emphasizesthe coldness of the daythe speaker's poor healththe nervousness of the speakerthe couple's hunger
- 4. Multiple ChoiceThe speaker puts the orange on the counter becausehe does not have another nickelhe's aware of the lady's fondness for fruithe wants the girl to notice how generous he ishe has an extra orange and he simply wants to share
- 5. Multiple ChoiceThe imagery of the oranges in lines 50-55 isstrange because he still hasn't given it awaysymbolic because it represents the brightness of his moodironic because readers wouldn't expect a boy to enjoy fruitrude because the girl didn't share the candy with the boy
- 6. Multiple Choice"Oranges" is a narrative poem becauseit uses free verse instead of a traditional rhyme schemeit describes a specific settingit conveys the boys feelings in a first person perspectiveit tells a story
- 7. Multiple ChoiceWho is the speaker in the poem?Gary Sotoa twelve year old boya twelve year old girla saleslady witnessing a first date
- 8. Multiple ChoiceWhich line(s) from the poem demonstrates the girl's happiness?lines 28-30lines 46-47lines 13-15the final line
- 9. Multiple ChoiceWhat type of figurative language is used in lines 42-48?hyperbole and metaphoronomatopoeia and simileimagery and hyperboleonomatopoeia and metaphor
- 10. Multiple ChoiceWhat does the speaker do to impress his girlfriend?takes her out to dinnertakes her on a walkbuys her chocolatetakes her to a candy store
- 11. Multiple ChoiceThe form of the poem isfree versehaikulimerickcinquain
- 12. Multiple Choice"Frost crackling beneath my steps, my breath before me, then gone..." is an example ofimagerysimilemetaphorpersonification
- 13. Multiple Choice"light in her eyes" is an example ofsimilemetaphorimageryhyperbole
- 14. Multiple Choice"Tiered like bleachers" is an example ofmetaphorpersonificationimagerysimile
- 15. Multiple ChoiceBased on the final stanza, the reader can conclude thatthere is a mutual attraction between the boy and the girlthe boy will be arrested for shopliftingthe girl will never speak to the boy againthe boy cannot enter the drugstore ever again
- 16. Multiple Choice
What figurative language of poetry appears in these lines from “Oranges”?
Outside / A few cars hissing past
Metaphor
Onomatopoeia
Simile
Personification
- 17. Multiple Choice
Which of the following BEST describes the setting of “Oranges”?
summer, in a park
fall, by the ocean
winter, in a city
spring, in a store
- 18. Multiple Choice
In “Oranges”, why does the speaker put one orange on the counter of the drugstore?
He wants to use it to pay for half of the candy the girl chooses.
He wants to give it to the girl he brought to the drugstore.
He wants to throw it away because it isn’t ripe.
He wants the saleslady to give it to the girl he brought to the drugstore.
- 19. Multiple Choice
Which statement is true about “Oranges”?
The poem is about a family trip.
The poem is about people laughing and having fun.
The poem is about a happy memory.
The poem is about a greedy young girl wanting chocolate.
- 20. Multiple Choice
In “Oranges”, what problem must the speaker solve?
The girl’s dog barks and barks at him.
He doesn’t have enough money to pay for the chocolate.
He’s not sure how to get home from the drugstore.
It is a very cold day, and he has trouble staying warm.
- 21. Multiple Choice
Which of these lines by Gary Soto uses a simile?
“I was making a fire in my hands.”
“Fog hanging like old / Coats between the trees.”
“That was so bright against / The gray of December”
“Bringing a saleslady / Down a narrow aisle of goods.”
- 22. Multiple Choice
Why was Gary Soto’s use of non-verbal communication effective in this poem?
It allows the reader to like this girl without the narrator’s words.
It allows the reader to decide what the characters are thinking and feeling.
It allows the reader to feel like he or she is a saleslady in a drugstore.
It allows the reader to know what it’s like to want something so bad.
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