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6. "All my words flattened, rolled, turned into felt slowly melting" - What semantic field is created?

  • sewing
  • cooking
  • art
  • military

7. Which word does NOT fit a semantic field of injury?

  • "graze"
  • "spasms"
  • "intoxicated"
  • "bandaged"

8. "my stomach busy making tucks, darts, pleats" - What semantic field does the list of three create?

  • conflict
  • photography
  • textiles
  • battle

9. Fill in the gap: "The dove pulled freely against the sky, an ________ stitch"

  • open
  • intrigate
  • ornamental
  • ingrained

10. "blockade", "reinforcements", "Armistice Sunday" - what connotations link all of those phrases?

  • birds
  • battle
  • freedom
  • sleep

11. Fill in the gap: "Sellotape _______ around my hand, I rounded up as many white cat hairs as I could"

  • bandaged
  • coiled
  • wrapped
  • twisted

12. Which is not a key text message of the poem?

  • Conflict results in loss
  • The past is powerful
  • Power is corrupt
  • War is destructive

13. Fill in the gap: "I resisted the _______ to run my fingers through the gelled blackthorns of your hair."

  • want
  • need
  • impulse
  • urge

14. Fill in the gap: "After you'd gone I went into your bedroom, released a ________ from its cage."

  • parakeet
  • humming bird
  • song bird
  • dove

15. Other than a poet, what was Jane Weir's profession?

  • chef
  • textile designer
  • singer
  • photographer