Q.1.
Sadie and Maud are most likely to be...
Q.2.
The first two lines of the poem mimic a ...
Q.3.
Considering the answer to question two, what effect does this allusion have?
Q.4.
Which word does NOT describe Maud at the beginning of the poem?
Q.5.
'Sadie scraped life / With a fine toothed comb. / She didn't leave a tangle in / Her comb found every strand.' - What do these lines mean?
Q.6.
The poet, Gwendolyn Brooks, uses the comb as ...
Q.7.
'Sadie bore two babies / Under her maiden name.' - Which of the following is true?
Q.8.
The beginning of the poem appears to portray Maud as the one who made wise choices in life. This view is overturned in which stanza?
Q.9.
What has Sadie left as a heritage for her daughters?
Q.10.
The rhythmic patterns in this poem are not entirely regular, but are predictable. These patterns are sharply disturbed in which stanza?