Writer's Choice Grade 7

Unit 7: Troubleshooter


1.	Emily Dickinson __________ nearly 1,800 poems, many of which were discovered only after her death in 1886.
		A)	writes
		B)	wrote
		C)	had written
		D)	was writing


2.	Through her poetry, Emily Dickinson __________ in affecting the world outside of her little house in Amherst, Massachusetts.
		A)	succeeded
		B)	will succeed
		C)	succeed
		D)	are succeeding


3.	She used __________ language and generally wrote poems that are composed of brief four-line stanzas.
		A)	simplify
		B)	simpleness
		C)	simple
		D)	simply


4.	Which of the following is a complete sentence?
		A)	Born in 1830 in Amherst, Massachusetts.
		B)	One of the most productive poets in all of American literature.
		C)	Emily Dickinson was born in 1830 in Amherst, Massachusetts.
		D)	Explored large issues like the search for knowledge.


5.	Which of the following is punctuated correctly?
		A)	Her poems although short explored large issues like the search for knowledge the concept of time and the meaning of life.
		B)	Her poems, although short, explored large issues like the search for knowledge the concept of time and the meaning of life.
		C)	Her poems although short explored large issues like the search for knowledge, the concept of time, and the meaning of life.
		D)	Her poems, although short, explored large issues like the search for knowledge, the concept of time, and the meaning of life.