Multiple Choice
Q
The following questions are based on the poems in your unit. Choose the correct answer A, B, or C according to
the texts.
6 Paul Laurence Dunbar was a poet who wrote in
a. Senegal in the early 1500s.
b. India in the 2000s.
c. the U.S. in the late 1800s and early 1900s.
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7 Metaphors primarily compare
a. two dissimilar things.
b. people to animals.
c. two sounds.
8 The mask in Dunbar’s poem
a. showed the true sad feelings of the people
wearing the mask.
b. showed false angry feelings and hid true
gentleness.
c. showed false happiness and hid true sadness.
9 The world around the people wearing the mask
a. dreamed that masks were artistic and beautiful.
b. imagined that the mask showed real feelings.
c. thought that the mask would eventually
disappear.
10 Luis Omar Salinas’ poem focuses on the
relationship between
a. a young man and his childhood friend.
b. two family members.
c. two people who work together on a tree farm.
11 In “My Father is a Simple Man,” the father
a. is afraid of death.
b. thinks that death will never come.
c. is willing to die but will not rush death.
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12 In Salinas’ poem, reality
a. is bitter and difficult.
b. is pleasant and peaceful.
c. must be conquered and changed.
13 The son in Salinas’ poem believes
a. that his father is great.
b. that his father is complicated.
c. that his father is unkind.
14 Most of the action in the poem “Domestic Work,
1937” takes place
a. at a church.
b. at the woman’s job.
c. in the woman’s house.
15 When the woman cleans her house,
a. her work is like music.
b. she does a terrible job.
c. she teaches her child to help her.
16 On Sunday mornings, the woman
a. goes to a party.
b. must take care of her employer’s children.
c. has time for herself.
17 In “Domestic Work, 1937,” the poet Natasha
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a. uses dialogue between the three characters to
reveal their feelings.
b. uses imagery to appeal to the reader’s senses.
c. uses a long monologue to express the woman’s
thoughts about her work.
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Q
Answer the following questions with complete sentences. Use proper grammar and spelling.

18 Why do the people ‘wear the mask’ in the poem “We Wear the Mask”?
Answers will vary. Answers may include but are not limited to the following. The people in the poem do not want
others to know their true feelings. The people in the poem act like they are happy even though they are suffering
and unhappy.

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19 In “My Father is a Simple Man,” why does the son respect his father so much?
Answers will vary. Answers may include but are not limited to the following. The son believes that his father is
wise, patient, kind, true. The son believes his father is a hard-working man and a provider. The son recognizes his
father’s limited formal education but considers him a true scholar.

20 How does the woman in “Domestic Work, 1937” feel about the paid work she does?
Answers will vary. Answers may include but are not limited to the following. The woman is unsatisfied with her
work. She wants to ‘make a change’ and find ‘something better.’ Most likely those wishes are related to her work,
though her desire for change might be more than just a desire to change her work situation.
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21 In “Domestic Work, 1937,” what is the atmosphere in the woman’s house like when she cleans it?
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Answers will vary. Answers may include but are not limited to the following. The atmosphere is very musical.
The woman turns on music while she cleans. The house dances; the curtains dance; the food in the pot bumps;
the hanging clothes are like a choir of people clapping. The woman even makes music when she ‘beats time’ on
the rug to get rid of dust.

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 Vocabulary
Q
Match each vocabulary word with its definition or synonym.

22 f grins a) many, numerous, countless

23 e guile b) confront, meet

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24 a myriad c) forever, continuous, eternal, unending

25 h sighs d) dirt

26 j nay e) crafty behavior, deception, trickery

27 g journey f) smiles

28 b face g) trip, voyage

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p fanfare h) sounds of exhaling that may show sadness or annoyance

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i bitter i) difficult, unpleasant, harsh

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c perpetual j) no
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32 polished k) a large singing group
n
33 two-stepping l) shiny, glossy, smooth
k
34 choir m) a fruit with red seeds
d
35 dust n) dancing

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36 broom o) a tool for cleaning the floor, a brush for sweeping
m
37 pomegranates p) big display, celebration

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 Essay
Q
Answer the following essay question. Make sure you reflect on the stories as well as your
personal project journals to support your essay. The essay rubric will be used to grade your
essay, carefully look over it before starting your essay.

38 Choose one of the poems from this unit: “We Wear the Mask,” “My Father is a Simple
Man,” or “Domestic Work, 1937.” What did that poem teach you about the relationship
between people’s life experiences and the social, economic, or political context those

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people live in? Express your own ideas and use specific examples and evidence from the
poem to support your answer.
Answers will vary. Look over the essay rubric on the following page.
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Standards

The position The position A position statement There is no position

statement provides statement provides a is present, but does statement.
a clear, strong clear statement of the not make the author's
Position Statement statement of the author's position on position clear.
author's position on the topic.
the topic.

All of the examples Most of the examples At least one of Examples are NOT
are specific, relevant are specific, relevant the examples is relevant AND/OR are
and explanations and explanations relevant and has not explained.
Evidence and
are given that show are given that show an explanation that
Examples
how each piece of how each piece of shows how that piece
evidence supports the evidence supports the of evidence supports
author's position. author's position. the author's position.

A variety of thoughtful Transitions show how Some transitions The transitions

transitions are used. ideas are connected, work well, but some between ideas
They clearly show how but there is little connections between are unclear OR
Transitions ideas are connected. variety. ideas are fuzzy. nonexistent.

No errors in grammar 1-2 errors in grammar 3-4 errors in grammar More than 4 errors
or spelling that or spelling that or spelling that in grammar or
distract the reader distract the reader distract the reader spelling that distract
Grammar & Spelling from the content. from the content. from the content. the reader from the
content.

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No errors in 1-2 errors in 3-4 errors in More than 4 errors
capitalization or capitalization or capitalization and/ in capitalization and/
punctuation, so the punctuation, but the or punctuation that or punctuation that
Capitalization &
essay is exceptionally essay is still easy to catch the reader's catch the reader's
Punctuation
easy to read. read. attention and interrupt attention and interrupt
the flow. the flow.

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