"After the Hurricane" Test Prep
Authored by Amber Thompson
English
6th Grade
CCSS covered
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Why does the poet use the extended metaphor of the disaster movie at the beginning of the excerpt from the poem “After the Hurricane”?
To compare the setting of the poem to something readers can understand
To introduce readers to the kinds of people who live near Lake George
To help readers visualize what a movie set of New Orleans looks like
To give readers some additional information about the speaker and her friends
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CCSS.RL.6.4
CCSS.RL.7.4
CCSS.RL.5.4
CCSS.RL.5.5
CCSS.RL.7.10
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
In lines 5–7, the speaker in the poem says if none of it were real to —
express a dislike for disaster movies
express that the hurricane never happened, and that it is as fictional as a disaster movie
suggest that the story of the hurricane would never make a good disaster movie
express that the disaster is very real, but she wishes it was fictional, like a disaster movie
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CCSS.RL.6.4
CCSS.RL.7.4
CCSS.RL.5.4
CCSS.RL.7.10
CCSS.RL.7.5
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The poet chose an irregular and unpredictable rhyme scheme for the excerpt from “After the Hurricane” most likely to —
sound alarming like the helicopters that flew over the city
reflect the music that is a part of the culture in New Orleans
build a somber mood like the one people felt after the hurricane
mirror the chaos in New Orleans after the hurricane
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CCSS.RL.6.4
CCSS.RL.7.4
CCSS.RL.5.5
CCSS.RL.7.10
CCSS.RL.7.5
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
In lines 136–146, the speaker’s questions and answers show that —
despite her doubts, she is determined to leave the shelter because it is the right thing to do
she is writing a journal entry to remember her experience
she dislikes the experiences she has had in the school band
she will stay inside the shelter because it is the right thing to do
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CCSS.RL.5.3
CCSS.RL.6.3
CCSS.RL.6.6
CCSS.RL.7.6
CCSS.RL.8.6
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
How does the structure of lines 137 through 148 add to the excerpt from the poem “After the Hurricane”?
The repetition of short questions and answers gives the poem a fast rhythm.
The questions and answers make the narrator sound like she’s singing.
The regular rhyming pattern helps readers guess what will come next.
The sudden and irregular line breaks set the mood for readers.
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CCSS.RL.6.4
CCSS.RL.7.4
CCSS.RL.5.4
CCSS.RL.5.5
CCSS.RL.7.10
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which line from the excerpt from the poem "After the Hurricane" contain imagery that helps the reader visualize the bleak setting of post-Katrina New Orleans?
Camera crews bark, "Bike Mike! Get this, over here!"
The world is here but no one's coming.
We walk past the Guard.
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CCSS.RL.6.4
CCSS.RL.7.4
CCSS.RL.5.4
CCSS.RL.5.5
CCSS.RL.7.10
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which line from the excerpt from the poem "After the Hurricane" contain imagery that helps the reader visualize the bleak setting of post-Katrina New Orleans?
How can I leave TK and Grandmama?
I lick the salt off my bare arms,
Still wearing what we had on when it hit.
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CCSS.RL.6.4
CCSS.RL.7.4
CCSS.RL.5.4
CCSS.RL.5.5
CCSS.RL.7.10
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