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- 1. Multiple Choice
The speaker mentions the following items (lines 25-27) mainly to show __________.
your michigan spring faded curtain pieces
my father's santa fe work shirt
the summer denims, the tweed of fall
that her parents were too poor to wear nice clothing
what she remembers her parents wearing when she was younger
some of the different places the family lived
the things her mother would use to piece together the quilts
- 2. Multiple Choice
Which inference about the mother’s quilts is best supported by the entire poem?
The mother’s quilts have had both practical and symbolic significance to the speaker.
The mother’s quilts are poorly stitched and fall apart over time.
The mother pieced together these quilts to teach important life lessons to her children.
The quilts were left behind when the mother brought the family to Texas.
- 3. Multiple Choice
Which of the following inferences is most strongly supported by the following stanza (lines 46-54)?
oh mother you plunged me sobbing and laughing
into our past
into the river crossing at five
into the spinach fields
into the plainview cotton rows
into tuberculosis wards
into braids and muslin dresses
sewn hard and taut to withstand the thrashings of
twenty-five years
Thinking about her mother is too painful for the speaker.
The mother gave birth to the speaker when she was twenty-five years old.
The speaker’s family likely did farm work in order to survive.
The quilts were sewn into dresses when the speaker was old enough.
- 4. Multiple Choice
What can you infer about the speaker's relationship with her mother?
The mother is depressed about her past memories and experiences.
The speaker has a close, warm relationship with her mother.
They do not have a good relationship.
There was tension and sadness in their relationship.
- 5. Multiple Choice
According to the poem, what was the original purpose of the mother's quilts?
To bring back memories to the family.
To wrap items and object using with the quilt.
To share memories to friends and relatives.
To stat warm on cold winter nights.
- 6. Multiple Choice
In the third to the last stanza, the speaker quickly recalls a series of images: "the river crossing at five", "the spinach fields", and so on. What kind of story does this stanza tell?
A recollection of their lived memories.
The places the speaker of the poem wishes to go to.
The places that brought nothing but sorrow to her.
Unknown and places of uncertainty.
- 7. Multiple Choice
Based on the selection, why did the speaker gave the quilt such meaningful importance?
It reminded her of her grandmother.
It carried little importance to her but great importance to the mother.
Because it is not just made of traditional garments, but rather cloths that brings memories.
Because she used various pieces of cloth to give it a nice authentic color.
- 8. Multiple Choice
The speaker's mother made the quilts to use on ________ nights.
lounging
close
winter
sobbing
- 9. Multiple Choice
The speaker has a warm, __________ relationship with her mother.
close
memory
childhood
food
- 10. Multiple Choice
Ripen is usually used to describe ______ that it is ready to eat or finished.
food
sing
winter
laugh
- 11. Multiple Choice
The quilts make the speaker both cry and _______.
scream
sob
anxious
laugh
- 12. Multiple Choice
What is compared to artillery?
The needle/thread
The cloth
The weapon
The quilt
- 13. Multiple Choice
What is an example of a simile in the poem?
January winds pounding as weapons
In the evening you sat at your canvas
The quilts sing on
Driving your thread needle artillery across the mosaic cloth bridges
- 14. Multiple Choice
What is an example of a personification in the poem?
January winds pounding as weapons
In the evening you sat at your canvas
The quilts sing on
Driving your thread needle artillery across the mosaic cloth bridges
- 15. Multiple Choice
The thread darted in and out galloping along the frayed edges...
This is an example of what kind of Figurative Language?
Imagery
Simile
Personification
Metaphor
- 16. Multiple Choice
These strips of gentle communion cotton and flannel...
This is an example of what kind of Figurative Language?
Metaphor
Simile
Imagery
Personification
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