Coats
Jane Kenyon
Quiz
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What was the man outside the hospital carrying?
______ a. an umbrella
______ b. a bouquet
______ c. a hat
______ d. a woman's coat
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What could the man’s sunglasses not conceal?
______ a. his wet face and bafflement
______ b. his guilty looks
______ c. his
leering face
______ d. his smug expression
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How was the weather that particular day?
______ a. rainy
______ b. foggy
______ c. it had just snowed.
______ d. fair and mild
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What did the man do with his own coat?
______ a. he threw it in the garbage can.
______ b. he pawned it.
______ c. he gave it to a nearby panhandler.
______ d. he zipped it up on him.
5. What does the poem call the weather?
______ a. grim
______ b. a mockery
______ c. an ironic comment
______ d. a political statement
Mma Ramotswe Thinks about the Land
Alexander McCall Smith
QUIZ
1. In what continent does Mma Ramotswe live?
_____a. Asia
_____b. South America
_____c. Australia
_____d. Africa
2. What is described as “a slither of golden red ball”?
_____a. The sunrise
_____b. The mango blossoms
_____c. The banks of the Red River
_____d. Mma Ramotswe’s tiny van
3. Who leaped out of the bushes at the side of the road?
_____a. a lion
_____b. a hunter with a gun
_____c. a man who tried to flag down Mma Ramotswe
_____d. one of the local missionaries
4. Name the desert Mma Ramotswe had visited as a young girl.
_____a. Palm Desert
_____b. Lybia
_____c. Saudi Arabia
_____d. Kalahari
5. What were the tokoloshes?
_____a. supernatural beings
_____b. a nearby tribe
_____c. shoes worn in rain weather
_____d. birds of prey
The Monster
Deems Taylor
Quiz
1. The monster of the essay is
_____ a. Ludwig van Beethoven.
_____ b. Johann Sebastian Bach.
_____ c. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
_____ d. Richard Wagner.
2. The monster’s main character trait was supreme
_____ a. conceit.
_____ b. generosity.
______ c. loyalty to loved ones.
______ d. timidity.
3. The subject of the essay seemed to believe that
_____ a. World War II was inevitable.
_____ b. the world owed him a living.
_____ c. poetry was useless.
_____ d. wealthy men were unimportant.
4. The subject of the essay was unquestionably a
_____ a. handsome man.
_____ b. devoted father.
_____ c. musical genius.
_____ d. great military strategist.
5. The subject of the essay wrote thirteen
______ a. operas and music dramas.
______ b. symphonies and concertos.
______ c. pieces of chamber music.
______ d. works of jazz.
Sister Flowers
Maya
Angelou
QUIZ
1. Which of the following characteristics best describes Mrs. Flowers?
_____a. snobbish elegance
_____b. shyness
_____c. aristocratic bearing
_____d. rudeness
2. How did the narrator meet Bertha Flowers?
_____a. at church
_____b. at the store where Momma worked
_____c. at the elementary school
_____d. at Mrs. Flowers’ house
3. What was the name of the narrator’s brother?
_____a. Bailey
_____b. Bruce
_____c. Buddy
_____d. Bert
4. Where had the narrator seen women like Mrs. Flowers?
_____a. at the movies
_____b. in some of the wealthy southern women’s homes
_____c. in Atlanta
_____d. in the novels she had read
5. Whose writing did the narrator memorize for Mrs. Flowers?
_____a. a biblical psalm
_____b. one of Shakespeare’s sonnets
_____c. a description from Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice
_____d. a passage from Dickens’
A Tale of Two Cities
Laundromat
Susan Sheehan