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