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QuizMultiple Choice

Poetry: "Tattoo" by Gregg Shapiro

Question 4 • VA-English 10 CR

The poem “Tattoo” by Gregg Shapiro takes a fictional look at which real-world issue?

Answer
A
the controversy of allowing teens to get tattoos without parental permission
B
the relationship between stepfathers and stepchildren in second marriages
C
the effect of the Holocaust on the children of survivors
D
the difficulty of forgiving one’s parents for the past

Explanation

“Tattoo” imagines a family story connected to the lasting effects of the Holocaust. The real-world issue it explores is how the Holocaust affected the children of survivors, so choice C is correct. The other choices describe conflicts that are not the poem’s central subject.

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