1 When was the poem published? 2011 2020 2015 2013 2 Who is the poem dedicated to? Shire's father All mothers Shire's sister Shire's mother 3 What is the poem's genre? Aubade Mirror poetry Ekphrasis Victorian poetry 4 What is the poem's meter? Iambic pentameter Dactylic hexameter Free verse Trochaic trimeter 5 What was the title of collection that this poem was published in? Her Blue Body Lemonade Teaching My Mother How to Give Birth Brave Girl Rising 6 Which of the following lines contains a metaphor? "that’s how we bring Dad back." "you won’t be able to see beyond it." "I can make the blood run back up my nose, ants rushing into a hole," "Maybe we’re okay kid?" 7 What is the setting of the poem? Shire's childhood home Nairobi London Shire's family garden 8 What is Shire seeking to undo? Her family's loss of their home The death of her father Her difficulties with writing The trauma she endured with her sister in childhood 9 Where was Shire born? Kenya Somalia England Nigeria 10 Who is the antagonist of the poem? Shire's mother Shire's sister Shire's aunt Shire's step-father 11 What does the word "stumps" mean in the poem? Confusing words Political speech Bottom part of a tree Stubs 12 What does Shire say she'd do to the men who touched her and her sister without consent? Kill them Blind them Make them disappear Cut off their hands 13 How does Shire view the act of writing in the context of the poem? As an obsessive revision of her memories As a dangerous trip back to the past As a selfish impulse As a healing act 14 How long is the poem? Three stanzas Two stanzas One stanza Six stanzas 15 What best describes the tone of the poem? Wistful but melancholy Vulnerable but empowered Tragic and hopeless Enraged and vicious 16 What drives the main conflict in the poem? The speaker's estrangement from her mother The speaker's loss of her home The speaker's traumatic childhood The speaker's difficult relationship with her sister 17 Which of the following lines emphasizes the power of writing? "I’ll rewrite this whole life and this time there’ll be so much love," "Step-Dad spits liquor back into glass," "maybe she keeps the baby." "He takes off his jacket and sits down for the rest of his life;" 18 What is implied in the line "maybe she keeps the baby"? The speaker had a miscarriage That the speaker gave up a baby for adoption That the speaker's mother lost her in the grocery store That the speaker's mother suffered the loss of a child due to domestic violence 19 What image does the poem begin and end with? The speaker's sister running away The speaker's mother falling down the stairs The speaker's father walking backwards into a room The speaker's step-father spitting liquor into a glass 20 What is the poem's structure? The poem repeats the same four lines over and over The poem is a single line that is a palindrome The poem reshuffles eight lines over four stanzas The second stanza contains all of the same lines as the first, but in reverse order 21 Who wrote "Myth"? Adrienne Rich Warsan Shire Robert Hass Natasha Trethewey 22 What is the climax of the poem? When the speaker's mother is pushed down the stairs When the speaker's sister's cheeks soften When the speaker's father returns When the speaker starts writing a poem 23 What does the poem's title NOT refer to? The speaker's experience with time travel The speaker's desire to revise her traumatic memories The mirror structure of the poem The depiction of events occurring backwards 24 Which musical artist is Shire known for collaborating with? Kendrick Lamar Ahmir Thompson Frank Ocean Beyoncé Knowles 25 Which of the following is a motif in the poem? Weather Immigration Work Writing
