Multiple Choice
"Borders"
Why does Laetitia move away from home?
(1 point)
Responses
She wants to live with her boyfriend.
She wants to live with her boyfriend.
She and her mother have a huge argument.
She and her mother have a huge argument.
She is pregnant.
She is pregnant.
She is bored.
She is bored.
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She wants to live with her boyfriend.
Question 2
A)
"Delfino II: Diez in the Desert"
The word __________ is used for someone who smuggles people across the Mexico- U.S. border.
(1 point)
Responses

coyote
coyote

border patrolista
border patrolista

ranchera
ranchera

cougar
cougar
Question 3
A)
The first thing that went wrong on Diez’s ill-fated trip was that _____.
(1 point)
Responses

a woman became delirious and died
a woman became delirious and died

a rash struck those who had been slashed by cactus needles
a rash struck those who had been slashed by cactus needles

Diez got in a fistfight with his coyote trainee
Diez got in a fistfight with his coyote trainee

the group was spotted by a Border Patrol helicopter
the group was spotted by a Border Patrol helicopter
Question 4
A)
"Mexicans Begin Jogging"
In the poem “Mexicans Begin Jogging,” why does the speaker run when the immigration officers raid the factory where he works?
(1 point)
Responses

He’s not a legal U.S. citizen.
He’s not a legal U.S. citizen.
He’s terrified that his boss will fire him if he does not.
He’s terrified that his boss will fire him if he does not.
He’s afraid of his fellow workers finding out he’s not an illegal like them.
He’s afraid of his fellow workers finding out he’s not an illegal like them.
His boss tells him to run, and he is on his boss’s time.
He’s not a legal U.S. citizen.
Answer all the questions
1) Laetitia move away from home because she wants to live with her boyfriend.
2) The word used for someone who smuggles people across the Mexico-U.S. border is "coyote."
3) The first thing that went wrong on Diez’s ill-fated trip was that a woman became delirious and died.
4) In the poem "Mexicans Begin Jogging," the speaker runs when the immigration officers raid the factory where he works because he's not a legal U.S. citizen.
Question 5
A)
Choose the word or phrase that best matches the word in italics for questions 5–6.
[H]e had a confidence that protruded like a muscle beyond his thin physique…
(1 point)
Responses
hurt
hurt
rubbed
rubbed
caved in
caved in
stuck out
stuck out
Question 6
A)
You extinguish them all, send them to the hospital.
(1 point)
Responses
excite
excite
turn on
turn on
quench
quench
deliver
deliver
Question 7
A)
Poems Across the Divide
The neighbor of the speaker in the poem “Mending Wall” believes
(1 point)
Responses
“good fences make good neighbors.”
“good fences make good neighbors.”
“good neighbors make good fences.”
“good neighbors make good fences.”
his wall will keep out wild animals and other predators.
his wall will keep out wild animals and other predators.
his wall will make him forget what he fears
5) stuck out
6) quench
7) "good fences make good neighbors."
Question 8
A)
Before he would build a wall, the speaker in “Mending Wall” would want to know
(1 point)
Responses
what he was walling in or walling out.
what he was walling in or walling out.
who might be profiting from it.
who might be profiting from it.
what his family would think of it.
what his family would think of it.
how effective it was going to be.
how effective it was going to be.
Question 9
A)
In “I Am the Land. I Wait.,” the speaker is
(1 point)
Responses
an Italian woman.
an Italian woman.
an angry environmentalist.
an angry environmentalist.
some binoculars.
some binoculars.
the land.
the land.
Question 10
A)
What is it that angers the speaker in the poem “I Am the Land. I Wait.”?
(1 point)
Responses
the prospect of being chained and fenced
the prospect of being chained and fenced
the idea of being cut into smaller parcels
the idea of being cut into smaller parcels
the problem of getting people to conserve
the problem of getting people to conserve
the difficulties of writing green poetry
8) what he was walling in or walling out.
9) the land.
10) the prospect of being chained and fenced.
Question 11
A)
The speaker of the poem “Your World” goes from living in a small nest in a corner to
(1 point)
Responses

being welcomed into a larger flock of birds.
being welcomed into a larger flock of birds.

being devoured by the family’s hungry cat.
being devoured by the family’s hungry cat.

soaring “to the uttermost reaches” of the sky.
soaring “to the uttermost reaches” of the sky.

thriving with other wildlife in a big airy barn.
thriving with other wildlife in a big airy barn.
Question 12
A)
"Hip-Hop Planet", "Ka'Ba", and "Harlem II"
According to McBride, the roots of hip-hop music began in
(1 point)
Responses

West Africa centuries ago.
West Africa centuries ago.

a 19th-century slave ship.
a 19th-century slave ship.

the streets of Harlem.
the streets of Harlem.

Puerto Rico and Jamaica.
Puerto Rico and Jamaica.
Question 13
A)
Hip-hop music is a type of music that is
(1 point)
Responses

popular wherever there is a large minority population.
popular wherever there …
popular wherever there is a large minority population.
popular wherever there is a large minority population.

globally popular.
globally popular.

popular in two places—West Africa and the Bronx.
popular in two places—West Africa and the Bronx.

steadily losing its popularity.
steadily losing its popularity.
Question 14
A)
The tone of the poem “Ka’Ba” versus the tone of the poem “Harlem II” might be described as
(1 point)
Responses

grateful vs. ungrateful.
grateful vs. ungrateful.

certain vs. doubtful.
certain vs. doubtful.

hopeful vs. defeated.
hopeful vs. defeated.

safe vs. dangerous.
safe vs. dangerous.
Question 15
A)
Choose the word or phrase that best matches the word in italics for questions 15–16.
Dr. Smith had a rationale for giving his students “A’s”: he believed grades hindered learning.
(1 point)
Responses

choice
choice

promise
promise

reason
reason

manifesto