The Fish Question Preview (ID: 62537)
Fiction Passage: Poem.
TEACHERS: click here for quick copy question ID numbers.
Which best represents the speaker’s changing attitude about the fish?
a) frustration to gratification
b) triumph to remorse
c) disgust to admiration
d) frenzy to tranquility
What does the speaker’s description of the fish primarily emphasize?
a) Its valiant fight against captivity.
b) Its prize-winning size.
c) Its battered and mottled being.
d) Its struggle to live out of water.
Which of the following best describes the fish’s response to being caught?
a) exhausted resignation
b) stunned surprise
c) desperate fury
d) stoic resignation
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 yellowed “isinglass” of the fish’s irises
c) the green and black lines that trail from the fish’s jaw
d) the rusted and decaying hull of the rowboat
By the poem’s end, how does the speaker view her catch (the fish) change?
a) with empathy and admiration
b) with triumph and satisfaction
c) with fear and revulsion
d) with wistfulness and envy
Which pair of words best describes the fish?
a) aged and battered
b) dangerous and ugly
c) smooth and graceful
d) young and multicolored
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
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) the petals of a big peony
c) strips of wallpaper
d) a needle and thread
Why does the speaker release the fish at the end of the poem?
a) The speaker believes the fish is diseased and unsafe to eat, 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 is repulsed by the fish’s appearance, so he/she releases the fish.
Who is the speaker?
a) the fish
b) the child
c) a bystander
d) the fisherman
Play Games with the Questions above at ReviewGameZone.com
To play games using the questions from above, visit ReviewGameZone.com and enter game ID number: 62537 in the upper right hand corner or click here.
To play games using the questions from above, visit ReviewGameZone.com and enter game ID number: 62537 in the upper right hand corner or click here.
TEACHERS / EDUCATORS
Log In | Sign Up / Register
Log In | Sign Up / Register