AP Questions and Prompts

   
 * 1) It’s dark, night-time, there is mud in my mouth, in my eyes, and the rain keeps falling. I am trying to carry him, but the ground is wet. I lift him and fall, lift him and fall, lift him and fall, and he is silent. His arms hang lifeless at his sides. I am begging him to say something, Please! I am falling again, and holding his face to mine, holding him so close I can feel his warmth leave...Please talk to me! Please! (Filer 190)

AP Questions (in accordance with the passage above)        
 * 1. The passage includes all the following EXCEPT:
 * a. rhythm
 * b. oxymoron
 * c. asyndeton
 * d. anaphora
 * e. colloquial language
 * 2. The MOOD of the scene can BEST be interpreted as:
 * a. ecstatic
 * b. vengeful
 * c. disdainful
 * d. idyllic
 * e. cold
 * 3. The narrator’s attitude and emotion at this moment can be described as all the following EXCEPT :
 * a. anxious
 * b. insolent
 * c. bewildered
 * d. unnerved
 * e. incredulous   
 * 4.   “Holding him so close that I can feel his warmth leave” indicates that “he” is –––– and is an example of what literary device?
 * a. sleeping, onomatopoeia
 * b. sleeping, personification
 * c. dead, onomatopoeia
 * d. dead, personification

   
 * 5. Which of the following are “falling” or “fallen” already based on the passage?

I. The narrator

II. The rain

III. “His” arms    
 * a. I only
 * b. I and II only
 * c. I, II, III
 * d. I and III
 * e. III only

AP Essay Prompts:

1. “''Some memories refuse to be locked in time or place. They follow us, opening a peephole with metallic scratch, and watching through curious eyes''” (Filer 172).

In a well developed essay, choose a character from The Shock of the Fall whose memories “refuse to be locked.” In the essay, discuss how those memories have affected the character’s life.

2. The Plain Dealer says “skillfully done books transcend age categories.” In a well developed essay, discuss whether The Shock of the Fall supports this claim. In addition, discuss whether Matthew Homes transcends age as a character.