Milk and Honey Quizzes

Milk and Honey Quiz "the hurting"

1 Where in the collection does this section occur?
Right after the speaker's breakup in the second section

It is the first section, representing the speaker's childhood

Right after the speaker's breakup in the third section

In the second section, representing the speaker's childhood
2 Who asks the speaker how it is so easy for her to be kind in the first poem of this section?
The speaker's boyfriend

The speaker's brother

The speaker's father

An unidentified "he"
3 What drips from the speaker's lips in the first poem of this section?
Blood

Milk and honey

Water

Milk
4 Why does the speaker say that it is easy for her to be kind to others in the first poem of this section?
Because people have not been kind to her

Because she was raised to be kind

Because people have shown her kindness

Because her faith in God teaches her to be kind
5 What simile is used to describe the way the speaker was handled during her first kiss?
Like the handlebars of a bicycle

Like a steering wheel

Like a bicycle

Like a car seat
6 How old was the speaker at the time of her first kiss?
5

7

4

6
7 The lips of the first boy who kissed the speaker smell like ___
Thirst

Hunger

Desire

Starvation
8 What does the speaker's first kiss teach her about her body?
That her body is her own

That her body exists to be manhandled

That her body is capable of teaching herself and others

That her body is for giving to those that want her to feel less than whole
9 The experience of her first kiss leaves the speaker with a feeling of ___
Dissatisfaction

Desire

Emptiness

Starvation
10 The first drawing in the collection depicts a woman's naked body accompanying a poem comparing her body to a home. This suggests that___
The speaker feels satisfied with her life.

The speaker does not want others to be guests in her home.

The speaker's body has tattoos.

The speaker's body is a home that has been mistreated by others.
11 In "-midweek sessions," how does Kaur describe the doll?
It is the same doll that the speaker played with as a child.

The speaker still likes playing with dolls.

It is the size of girls that the speaker's uncle liked touching.

The doll is haunted.
12 What does the grammar of "the size of girls / your uncles like touching" suggest?
The use of plural suggests that multiple instances of abuse occurred.

The use of plural suggests the speaker has recurring nightmares.

The line break suggests that this was a family issue.

The grammar does not suggest anything.
13 What does the abuse recounted in this poem suggest?
The speaker has had traumatic experiences and could have difficulty in her relationships with others and herself.

The speaker is Kaur herself.

The speaker will definitely heal from her trauma.

The speaker actually doesn't feel anything.
14 According to the speaker, who is supposed to be "the first male love of your life"?
Self

Father

God

Boyfriend
15 Describe the drawing accompanying the poem "you were so afraid / of my voice / i decided to be / afraid of it too"
The girl covers her own mouth with her hand.

The girl closes her eyes as someone covers her mouth.

The girl closes her eyes as places her hand over mouth.

Someone else's hand covers the face of a shocked girl with wide eyes.
16 What does the speaker say happens when fathers yell at their daughters?
The fathers teach their daughters to yell back.

The daughters learn to confront issues head-on.

The fathers teach their daughters to confuse anger with kindness.

The daughters learn to always stay silent.
17 How does Kaur define sex?
As abuse.

As a fun and loving exchange between people.

As making love.

As an act that requires consent on the part of both people. If not, then it is rape.
18 Why might there be a scorpion drawn beside "the idea that we are / so capable of love / but still choose / to be toxic"?
The speaker has a pet scorpion.

Scorpions are dangerous because of their poison.

The speaker has a tattoo of a scorpion.

Scorpions are beautiful creatures.
19 What is defined as the biggest illusion in the world in "there is no bigger illusion in the world"?
That women can't find happiness.

That the speaker will not find happiness in Western culture.

The idea that a woman is not equal to men.

The idea that a woman will dishonor her home is she tries to keep herself safe.
20 What does Kaur ultimately say about rape?
That it will affect all of your future relationships.

That it will make you numb to all feelings.

That it will destroy your life.

That it will tear you in half, but it won't end you.
21 What does Kaur state about the relationship between fathers and daughters?
A father should not have to beg his daughter for a relationship.

It is wrong for family members to yell at each other.

Fathers can never be as close to daughters as mothers can.

A daughter should not have to beg her father for a relationship.
22 What simile is used to describe the notion of taking up space in "-the idea of shrinking is hereditary"?
Taking up space is compared to writing with your left hand when you're right-handed.

Shrinking is compared to sitting in a wooden chair as opposed to a loveseat.

Taking up space is compared to flying as opposed to falling.

Shrinking is compared to a balloon that is pricked.
23 What does fire represent in "you tell me to quiet down..."?
The danger of where the speaker lives

The speaker's stomach condition of IBS

The speaker's happiness

The speaker's passion
24 What was the speaker's first act of disappearance in "-the art of being empty"?
When she was sexually abused

When she was physically abused

Being born

When she was humiliated in kindergarten
25 What quality does the speaker inherit from her father in the homage to Warsan Shire's "Inheritance"?
Happiness

Calmness

Rage

Loneliness

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