1 Who is the speaker in the poem? An adult woman talking to a friend An adult woman talking to her nine-year-old daughter An adult woman addressing the memory of her younger self A nine-year-old addressing her older self 2 What perspective does the poem use? third-person omniscient first-person both first- and second-person second-person 3 Describe the construction of the poem's stanzas. Six quintains Six tercets Six stanzas of varying length Seven stanzas of varying length 4 What collection was this poem originally published in? Glad of These Times, published in 2006 Out of the Blue, published in 2001 Glad of These Times, published in 2007 The Malarkey, published in 2012 5 Which best describes the significance of the change in number of lines per stanza? All the stanzas have the same amount of lines. The poem is composed of tercets. The number of lines increase as the adult speaker reminisces about the past and attempts to connect with her younger self. When she realizes she cannot change anything, the number of lines per stanza decrease. All the stanzas have the same amount of lines. The poem is composed of quatrains. The number of lines decrease as the adult speaker reminisces about the past and attempts to connect with her younger self. When she realizes she cannot change anything, the number of lines per stanza increase. 6 Which best describes why the speaker can't be friends with her nine-year-old self? They have nothing in common beyond a few shared years. The speaker hates children, particularly the child she was. The girl dislikes adults. The girl only exists in the speaker's memory. 7 Which of the following is a simile? “That dream we had, no doubt it's as fresh in your mind / as the white paper to write it on” (Lines 12-13) “careful of a bad back or a bruised foot” (Line 7) "You must forgive me" (Line 1) "time to hide down scared lanes / from men in cars after girl-children" (Lines 23-24) 8 Which best describes the tone of the poem? Nostalgic, Hypercritical, and Abrasive Melancholy, Ironic, and Bitter Accepting, Dreamy, and Loving Nostalgic, Reflective, and Conversational 9 What quality most differentiates the nine-year-old from her future self? Abrasiveness Her bookishness Her ability to focus on things Fearlessness 10 What does "perplexed" mean? surprised baffled, uncertain amazed, astonished flabbergasted 11 What is a vole? a green-brown reptile a musical instrument a small, typically burrowing, mouse-like rodent an apparatus used in gymnastics 12 What is symbolic about cesspits? It is a place where snakes nest It is a place where society dumps waste Sewage can damage the environment Sewage exposure is harmful to human health 13 Which of the following is an example of metonymy? girl-children scared lanes tuppence spoiled 14 Which of the following is a transferred epithet? ice-lolly factory scared lanes leap from a height girl-children 15 What is the climax of the poem? When the speaker departs from her nine-year-old self as the child picks a scab and tastes it When the child builds a den beside a cesspit When the speaker's younger self hides down scared lanes from men in cars after girl-children When the speaker states that she cannot be friends with her nine-year-old self 16 What do scars symbolize to the speaker? Lessons learned from past physical mistakes Pride Resilience Unhealed wounds 17 What does summer symbolize? a time of lushness, freedom, and prime of life a time of hope, renewal, and rebirth a time of struggle because of drought a period of intense cold, as the poem takes place in the Southern Hemisphere 18 What is the nine-year-old girl's favorite activity? Leaping from a height Writing Picking rosehips Balancing on her hands 19 What does leaping represent in the poem? The ability to have fun and enjoy life. Clumsiness. Childhood wonder. Fearing the unknown. Childhood naivety. Taking risks. Childhood naivety. 20 What does the speaker mean when she says, "I have spoiled this body we once shared?" The speaker lost her fearlessness as she aged. She now has scars and moves carefully. The speaker ate too many sherbet lemons. Age has inevitably changed the speaker's body. The speaker treated herself too nicely and now she it spoiled. 21 Which line has a more defined rhythm? "I have spoiled this body we once shared" (Line 6) "Time to pick rosehips for tuppence a pound" (Line 22) "I'd like to say we could be friends" (Line 19) "created an ice-lolly factory, a wasp trap" (Line 17) 22 What is significant about the final image of the poem? The speaker's younger self peels a scab and eats it. This contributes to the scars she will later have. The speaker's younger self peels a scab and eats it. She cries and the speaker comforts her. The speaker's younger self peels a scab and eats it. This contributes to her spoiling her body as an adult The speaker's younger self peels a scab and eats it. This contrasts the scars the speaker has as an adult. 23 How does the final image fit in the grand scheme of Dunmore's writing? Dunmore herself is the speaker addressing her nine-year-old self. Dunmore often writes sensuous details about eating. Dunmore often writes about children eating their scabs. Dunmore's work is environmentally concerned. 24 Why did the speaker lose her fearlessness? It is not specified. It could be the maturity that comes with age, or perhaps something traumatic occurred. The speaker had a traumatic encounter with a man. The speaker did not lose her fearlessness. She is still agile and carefree as an adult. The speaker broke her leg falling from a height. 25 How do clouds appear in the poem? It is often cloudy in Britain, where the poem takes place. The speaker is worried clouds will appear in her younger self's summer morning. Clouds do not appear in the poem. The speaker does not want to "cloud" her younger self's summer morning.