PHIL IRI GROUP SCREENING TEST
English 7
Directions: Read each selection and answer the questions that follow. Write only the letter of the
correct answer on the answer sheet.
A. What Little Things!
By Madison Julius Cawein From "One Day and Another"
What little things are those
That hold our happiness!
A smile, a glance, a rose
Dropped from her hair or dress;
A word, a look, a touch,
These are so much, so much.
An air we can't forget;
A sunset's gold that gleams;
A spray of mignonette,
Will fill the soul with dreams
More than all history says,
Or romance of old days.
For of the human heart,
Not brain, is memory;
These things it makes a part
Of its own entity;
The joys, the pains whereof
Are the very food of love.
SOURCE: https://www.public-domain-poetry.com/madison-julius-cawein/what-little-things-11569
1. Which of the following are 'little things' that hold happiness?
A. air, perfume, hair
B. flower, praise, look
C. joy, food, smile
D. word, touch, gold
2. In the 2nd stanza, what does the word, 'gleams' mean?
A. beams
B. dreams
