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The Fish
Test Description: Fiction passage: poem
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) Which best represents the speaker’s changing attitude about the fish?
A
frenzy to tranquility
B
triumph to remorse
C
disgust to admiration
D
frustration to gratification
2) What does the speaker’s description of the fish primarily emphasize?
A
Its prize-winning size.
B
Its battered and mottled being.
C
Its struggle to live out of water.
D
Its valiant fight against captivity.
3) Which of the following best describes the fish’s response to being caught?
A
stunned surprise
B
desperate fury
C
exhausted resignation
D
stoic resignation
4) The speaker contrasts the rainbow colors of the oil slick with which of the following?
A
the blotched and drab color of the fish
B
the rusted and decaying hull of the rowboat
C
the yellowed “isinglass” of the fish’s irises
D
the green and black lines that trail from the fish’s jaw
5) By the poem’s end, how does the speaker view her catch (the fish) change?
A
with empathy and admiration
B
with fear and revulsion
C
with wistfulness and envy
D
with triumph and satisfaction
6) Which pair of words best describes the fish?
A
dangerous and ugly
B
young and multicolored
C
smooth and graceful
D
aged and battered
7) What idea of the fish does the imagery in lines 22–26 of “The Fish” reinforce?
A
the fish’s difficulty breathing air
B
the fish’s grace and power
C
the fish’s unusual shape and color
D
the fish’s hatred of man
8) To what does the speaker compare the old pieces of line, the wire leader, and the hooks that dangle from the fish’s mouth?
A
medals and their ribbons
B
a needle and thread
C
the petals of a big peony
D
strips of wallpaper
9) Why does the speaker release the fish at the end of the poem?
A
The speaker is repulsed by the fish’s appearance, so he/she releases the fish.
B
The speaker admires the fish’s past struggles to survive, so he/she releases the fish.
C
The speaker anticipates other chances to catch the fish, so he/she releases the fish.
D
The speaker believes the fish is diseased and unsafe to eat, so he/she releases the fish.
10) Who is the speaker?
A
a bystander
B
the fish
C
the child
D
the fisherman
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