I lost my talk by rita joe What did the poet learn at Shubenacadie School?

Question 2 options:

a)

How to speak English.

b)

How to speak her native language.

c)

How to be a good student.

d)

Her tribal history.

Question 3 (1 point)
In this poem the word talk refers to the poet's

Question 3 options:

a)

The poet's vocabulary.

b)

The poet's voice.

c)

The poet's native tribal language.

d)

The poet's written language.

Question 4 (1 point)
The last stanza reads, "So gently I offer my hand and ask, Let me find my talk So I can teach you about me." This stanza helps us understand

Question 4 options:

a)

the poet feels language is an important part of their culture.

b)

the poet only knows their native language.

c)

the poet is tired of learning about a different culture.

d)

the poet doesn't understand English.

Question 5 (1 point)
You snatched it away: I speak like you I think like you I create like you The scrambled ballad, about my world.

This stanza helps us understand

Question 5 options:

a)

The little girl is learning music in school.

b)

The little girl wants to be like the adults who are teaching her.

c)

The little girl is being assimilated into a culture that isn't hers.

d)

The little girl was stolen from her home.

Question 6 (1 point)
What is the theme of this poem?

Question 6 options:

a)

Maintaining one's native language helps them to maintain their culture.

b)

Children should not have to learn more than one language.

c)

One language is not more dominant than another.

d)

A

Question 7 (1 point)
Which detail best supports the theme of this poem?

Question 7 options:

a)

I lost my talk, the talk you took away.

b)

I speak like you I think like you I create like you.

c)

Two ways I talk Both ways I say, Your way is more powerful

d)

Let me find my talk So I can teach you about me.

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