The theme of "Your World" can best be inferred from which line?(5 points)
Responses
"To trael this immensity."
"Bus I signted the distant horizon."
"Your world is as big as you make it."
"And I throbbed with a burning desire."
"Your world is as big as you make it."
he extreme poverty of Dakar, Senegal, in "Hip-Hop Planet" is best reflected in which image?(5 points)
Responses
A. "When I looked into his eyes, they were bottomless oceans."
B. "....it pulled me to the earth like a hundred-pound ring in my nose."
C. "....they take every bit of....the half-eaten bread, rice, pieces of chicken, the chicken bones....to give the children in the village."
D. "....swimming in the hotel pool with their children, a scent that resembles Birmingham, Alabama, in the 1950s--the blacks serving, the whites partying."
C. "....they take every bit of....the half-eaten bread, rice, pieces of chicken, the chicken bones....to give the children in the village."
The author of "Hip-Hop Planet" describes the legend of the Great Rock of Toubab Dialaw in order to(5 points)
Responses
describe an image of hope that is similar to hip-hop.
show a lack of education of the people of Toubab Dialaw.
describe the setting of the Chez Las restaurant to give it context.
represent some non-French history in the story because the residents say they only learn French history.
describe an image of hope that is similar to hip-hop.
Which best describes why the author hs the mother and son in "Borders" sleep in the car for two days?(5 points)
Responses
to show their poverty
to show the bureaucracy of the border patrol
to show tension among the characters in the rising action of the story
to show the depth of the mother's willingness to stand of for her heritage
to show the depth of the mother's willingness to stand up for her heritage
I completed this test on my own, without the use of outside resources.(5 points)
Responses
True
False
False
In the story "Borders," why di the speaker's mother want to travel?
To visit her daughter
In "Diez in the Desert," how did Diez almost die in the desert?
Diez was severely dehydrated.
Choose the answer that best matches the word in italics.
bravado
Sometimes the small dogs show more bravado than the larger breeds; they may need to in order to be noticed.
boldness
Choose the answer that best matches the word in italics.
protruded
He had a confidence that protruded like a muscle beyond his thin physique.
stuck out
Choose the answer that best matches the word in italics.
disoriented
It is fun to see the children become disoriented when they are trying to hit a pinata blindfolded.
confused
The factory in "Mexicans Begin Jogging" was under investigation for(5 points)
Responses
employing illegal immigrants.
The neighbor of the speaker in the poem "Mending Wall" believes(5 points)
Responses
"good fences make good neighhbors."
What is it that angers the speaker in the poem "I Am the Land. I Wait."?
the idea of being cut into smaller parcels
Hip-hop music is a type of music that is
globally popular
Choose the item that best matches the word in italics.
squalor
"I don't understand how teenagers can live in such squalor," my mother yelled to me in disgust.
filth
The tone of the poem "Ka'Ba" versus the tone of the poem "Harlem II" might be described as
hopeful vs. defeated
Choose the item that best matches the word in italics.
reverberated
The sound of the bat hitting the baseball reverberated through the stadium.
echoed
Choose the item that best matches the word in italics.
physique
Many athletes work out daily to improve their physique, but a healthy diet is also important.
build
Choose the item that best matches the word in italics.
demise
The complicated schemes eventually led to the demise of the crime spree.
end
In "Your World" the speaker being described as a bird can best be inferred from which line?
"Then soared to the uttermost reaches"
The theme of "Your World" can best be inferred from which line?
"Your world is as big as you make it."
The extreme poverty of Dakar, Senegal, in "Hip-Hop Planet" is best reflected in which image?
"....they take every bit of....the half-eaten bread, rice, pieces of chicken, the chicken bones....to give the children in the village."
The author of "Hip-Hop Planet" describes the legend of the Great Rock of Toubab Dialaw in order to
describe an image of hope that is similar to hip-hop.
Which best describes why the author hs the mother and son in "Borders" sleep in the car for two days?
to show the depth of the mother's willingness to stand of for her heritage
I completed this test on my own, without the use of outside resources.
false
are my answers correct