1 What is the form of the stanzas? Tercets with end-rhymed first and third lines Rhyming couplets Rhyming quintets Tercets with end-rhymed second and fourth lines 2 What does "the dry brown coughing beneath their feet" refer to? Children too sick to go to school The dry soil at the end of summer Dead leaves Sick people living in the basement 3 What is the handyman called to do? Fix the plumbing Patch up the road Rake the leaves Fix the tea kettle 4 What is the speaker doing in the poem? Listening to a phonograph Driving through Beverly in their car Taking a walk through Beverly Looking to buy a home in Beverly 5 The gardens are described as... Sparkling Glowing Golden Silver 6 Which of the following is an example of alliteration? We say ourselves fortunate to be driving by today And the living all to be made again in the sweatingest physical manner The summer ripeness rots. But not raggedly. When they flow sweetly into their houses 7 Which of the following is described as "a neat brilliancy"? The tea The phonograph The golden gardens The refuse 8 Which of the following is an example of personification? The summer ripeness rots. But not raggedly. We know what they go to. To tea. They will throw some little black dots into some water and add sugar The dry brown coughing beneath their feet 9 What is a phonograph? A record player A type of telephone A radio A type of camera 10 What do the residents of Beverly "go to" when they enter their houses? They go to listen to records They go to bed They go to make tea They go to perform manual labor 11 Which of the following is an example of relative suffering? The summer ripeness rots. But not raggedly. Not that anybody is saying that these people have no trouble. / Merely that it is trouble with a gold-flecked beautiful banner. While downstairs that woman's vague phonograph bleats, "Knock me a kiss." Nobody is furious. Nobody hates these people. / At least, nobody driving by in this car. 12 In what collection did this poem first appear? Annie Allen The Bean Eaters A Street in Bronzeville In the Mecca 13 Which of the following is an example of "refuse"? A broken chair A phonograph A tree with no leaves A garden hose 14 What season is it most likely? Fall Summer Winter Spring 15 What kind of animal bleats? Goat Dog Chicken Pig 16 Which of the following is an example of personification? It is just that so often they live till their hair is white. We say ourselves fortunate to be driving by today. While downstairs that woman's vague phonograph bleats, "Knock me a kiss." And the refuse, the refuse is a neat brilliancy. 17 Which of the following lines best represents the subject of the poem? Sometimes their passings are even more painful than ours. We do not want them to have less. / But it is only natural that we should think we have not enough. That we may look at them, in their gardens where / The summer ripeness rots. But not raggedly. When they flow sweetly into their houses / With softness and slowness touched by that everlasting gold, / We know what they go to. To tea. 18 How is the Beverly residents' trouble described? As everlasting gold Not raggedly As the juice of the cheapest lemons that are sold With a gold-flecked beautiful banner 19 Which of the following is an example of personification? We drive on, we drive on. Merely that it is trouble with a gold-flecked beautiful banner. Nobody is furious. Nobody hates these people. And think, while a breath of pine blows, 20 What do the different preparations of tea represent in this poem? The differences in taste between Beverly residents and the speaker The differences in quality of life between Beverly residents and the speaker Cultural differences in the proper way to prepare tea An indictment of the produce industry in Chicago 21 What is the meaning of the line, "It is just that so often they live till their hair is white." Affluent white people have an easier time living longer than working-class people of color. The residents of Beverly have better access to hospitals because of where their neighborhood is. The residents of Beverly are vain. Rich people refuse to dye their hair. 22 Which of the following is an example of hyperbole? And the living all to be made again in the sweatingest physical manner They make excellent corpses When we speak to each other our voices are a little gruff. Sometimes their passings are even more painful than ours. 23 What kinds of trees line the streets of Beverly? Palms Willows Pines Oaks 24 How does the speaker describe their voice after they drive through Beverly? Gruff Soft Furious Hateful 25 What does the speaker want? For the people in Beverly to all become poor and experience poverty To have the same resources and securities as the people in Beverly To drink finer teas To have a beautiful garden