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- 1. Multiple Choice
Which is the best summary of the poem? (AKS 2 Theme)
A man remembers his first date with a girl when he was 12.
A boy remembers an embarrassing moment with a girl.
A man was ashamed of being poor as a child.
A boy takes a girl to a drugstore for a date.
- 2. Multiple Choice
Why does the boy place the orange on the counter with the nickel? (AKS 3 Character)
The drugstore clerk likes oranges.
The girl doesn’t want the orange.
He hopes to use the orange as partial payment.
He wants to have only one orange.
- 3. Multiple Choice
“I turned to the candies/ tiered like bleachers/And asked what she wanted”
What does the word tiered mean as it is used in line 26 above? (AKS 4 Context Clues)
laid flat on a table
Stacked for display
Placed in boxes
Wrapped individually
Laid flat on a table
- 4. Multiple Choice
I peeled my orange
That was so bright against
The gray of December
That, from some distance,
Someone might have thought
I was making a fire in my hands
Why does the author include the lines above? (AKS 5 Text Structure and Meaning)
To show that the boy was sad that he only had an orange to eat.
To show that the boy regretting not bringing more money for chocolate.
To contrast the happiness and warmth the boy feels with the cold December day.
To show that the boy was sad that it was cold.
- 5. Multiple Choice
Why does the author use first person point of view? (AKS 6 Point of View)
To show how the man feels now that he’s an adult
To show a detailed and personal memory
To show all characters’ inner thoughts
To show how the girl felt
- 6. Multiple Choice
Readers can infer that this poem is set in another era in time because (AKS 1 Inference)
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
- 7. Multiple Choice
The speakers attitude toward the girl could be described as (AKS 6 Tone)
affectionate but superior
passionate yet slightly jealous
shy and frightened simultaneously
romantic and eager to please
- 8. Multiple Choice
Which phrase from the poem contains imagery that appeals to the reader’s sense of hearing? (AKS 4 Imagery)
a few cars hissing past.
Cold, and weighted down
Porch light burned yellow
I took my girls hand in mine for two blocks.
- 9. Multiple Choice
The imagery of the oranges in lines 50-55 is (AKS 4 Imagery)
strange because he still hasn't given it away
symbolic because it represents the brightness of his mood
ironic because readers wouldn't expect a boy to enjoy fruit
rude because the girl didn't share the candy with the boy
- 10. 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
- 11. 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
- 12. Multiple ChoiceWho is the speaker in the poem?Gary Sotoa twelve year old boya twelve year old girla saleslady witnessing a first date
- 13. Multiple Choice"Frost crackling beneath my steps, my breath before me, then gone..." is an example ofimagerysimilemetaphorpersonification
- 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
Gary Soto compares the bright color of an orange with the color of a fire. Which of the following lines expresses that thought as a metaphor?
The orange was bright as a fire.
The orange was like a fire in his hands.
The orange peel crackled like a fire.
The orange was a fire in his hands.
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