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QuizMultiple Choice

Analyzing Layers of Meaning in The Surrender Tree

Question 9 • 2026-2027_MDCPS_1001375_English 3 B-CR

Read the excerpt from "Shout: A Poetry Memoir.”My father first let me drive when I was twelvein the woods on old logging trails,only a couple times in townwhen he was over the limit.I drove in sheer terrornever crashednot even a scratch in the painthe was proud of meand that meant a lot.My mother never knewthat we forged a secret alliancein the middle of ourCold War nuclear-family meltdownso when it was time for herto teach me how to driveI faked it, pretendingI didn’t have a clue.earthbound, "directionally challenged," "practice," "cemetary girl," and "driven" from SHOUT by Laurie Halse Anderson, copyright © 2019 by Laurie Halse Anderson. Used by permission of Viking Children's Books, an imprint of Penguin Young Readers Group, a division of Penguin Random House LLC. All rights reserved.

Answer
A
first person, from the point of view of Mom
B
first person, from the point of view of a girl
C
third person; the speaker only tells thoughts and feelings of a girl
D
third person; the speaker tells thoughts of more than one character

Explanation

The speaker uses first-person words such as “I” and “me” to describe driving with her father and pretending not to know how to drive with her mother. The speaker is the girl in the poem, so the answer is “first person, from the point of view of a girl.”

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