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