1 When was the poem published? 2011 2013 2020 2015 2 Who is the poem dedicated to? Shire's sister Shire's father All mothers Shire's mother 3 What is the poem's genre? Ekphrasis Mirror poetry Victorian poetry Aubade 4 What is the poem's meter? Dactylic hexameter Iambic pentameter Free verse Trochaic trimeter 5 What was the title of collection that this poem was published in? Teaching My Mother How to Give Birth Lemonade Brave Girl Rising Her Blue Body 6 Which of the following lines contains a metaphor? "you won’t be able to see beyond it." "Maybe we’re okay kid?" "I can make the blood run back up my nose, ants rushing into a hole," "that’s how we bring Dad back." 7 What is the setting of the poem? London Shire's childhood home Nairobi Shire's family garden 8 What is Shire seeking to undo? Her difficulties with writing The trauma she endured with her sister in childhood Her family's loss of their home The death of her father 9 Where was Shire born? England Kenya Somalia Nigeria 10 Who is the antagonist of the poem? Shire's aunt Shire's step-father Shire's sister Shire's mother 11 What does the word "stumps" mean in the poem? Political speech Confusing words 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? Blind them Kill them Cut off their hands Make them disappear 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 healing act As a selfish impulse 14 How long is the poem? Three stanzas Six stanzas Two stanzas One stanza 15 What best describes the tone of the poem? Enraged and vicious Tragic and hopeless Vulnerable but empowered Wistful but melancholy 16 What drives the main conflict in the poem? The speaker's loss of her home The speaker's difficult relationship with her sister The speaker's estrangement from her mother The speaker's traumatic childhood 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," "maybe she keeps the baby." "Step-Dad spits liquor back into glass," "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"? 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 The speaker had a miscarriage 19 What image does the poem begin and end with? The speaker's step-father spitting liquor into a glass The speaker's sister running away The speaker's father walking backwards into a room The speaker's mother falling down the stairs 20 What is the poem's structure? The poem reshuffles eight lines over four stanzas The poem is a single line that is a palindrome The second stanza contains all of the same lines as the first, but in reverse order The poem repeats the same four lines over and over 21 Who wrote "Myth"? Natasha Trethewey Adrienne Rich Warsan Shire Robert Hass 22 What is the climax of the poem? When the speaker's sister's cheeks soften When the speaker starts writing a poem When the speaker's mother is pushed down the stairs When the speaker's father returns 23 What does the poem's title NOT refer to? The speaker's desire to revise her traumatic memories The mirror structure of the poem The depiction of events occurring backwards The speaker's experience with time travel 24 Which musical artist is Shire known for collaborating with? Beyoncé Knowles Ahmir Thompson Frank Ocean Kendrick Lamar 25 Which of the following is a motif in the poem? Work Writing Immigration Weather
