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Poetry Test cloned 12/8/2020

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Read the poem below and answers questions 1-4

By the twenty-millionth day
Of indoor recess,
Kept in by the cold,
The rain,
The ice,
The snow,
The cold,
The rainy cold ice snow –
Even the teacher’s tattered cupboard of games looks tired of winter.

And I think,
That if there were just one nice day
That cupboard (if it could!)
would roll itself right down the hall
Out to the playground to play
Question 1
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Question 2
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Question 3
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Question 4
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Read the following poem and answers questions 9-12

I know all the answers
To all of the problems.

I am the best student
In the class.

I drink in the details
And know every book.

I don’t get a desk
I just swim and I swish…

If the teacher just knew
How much I’ve learned.
To get an A+ is my one true wish…

Too bad I’m the classroom
Fish.
Question 5
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Question 6
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Question 7
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Question 8
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Read the following poem and answers questions 13-15

Toadstools
Like tiny fairy houses
mushrooms pop up

after summer rains
orange and white and tan
and sometimes red

clustered together in
miniature villages
they appear overnight
then vanish

just like a fairy would
without a trace.
Question 9
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Question 10
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Question 11
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Read the following poem and answers questions 16-18

To the Bread Found in the Darkest Corner of the Cupboard

You are a miniature world.
Your fuzzy mold like a tiny forest
Of multi-colored trees
Home to who knows what

An entire civilization
Inside a transparent wrapper

And,
Caught between amazement and disgust
I toss your secrets in the trash.
Question 12
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Question 13
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Question 14
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Read the following poem and answers questions 19-22

Puddle Dreams
Even on the gray city street
The puddle reflects the sky:
blue, dreaming, clouds breaking
Like a doorway to another world.

And I half-think that if I jump in
I will fall through
and land in worlds beyond:
kingdoms of elves and unicorns

But when I jump
the sky mirror breaks
dirty water splashes
And I only
get
wet.
Question 15
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Question 16
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Question 17
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Question 18
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Question 19
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Question 20
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Question 21
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The next 2 questions go together First answer question 26, then answer question 27
Question 22
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Question 23
23.

The author probably used personification to show
How tired everyone was of indoor recess
How messy the classroom was
How cold the winter was
How much fun everyone was having in the ice and snow
Which line from the poem shows exaggeration
"By the twenty-millionth day of indoor recess"
"Kept in by the cold"
"The cupboard would roll itself down the hall"
"Out to the playground to play"

Which line from the poem shows an example of personification?
"By the twenty-millionth day"
"Kept in by the cold, the rain, the ice, the snow, the cold"
"Evene the teacher's tattered cupboard of games looks tired of winter"
"If there were just one nice day"
Who is the speaker of the poem?
The teacher
A student
The cupboard
The playground
Who is the speaker in this poem?
the class pet fish
the teacher
a student
the principal
Which line from the poem shows personification?
I don't get a desk
If the teacher just knew
To get an A+ is my one true wish...
To all of the problems
What is the speaker's attitude toward school?
angry
surprised
enthusiastic
bored
In the poem, what does the speaker really want?
to get a desk
to know every book
to be the teacher
to get an A+
In this poem, what are the mushrooms being compared to?
summer
overnight
fairy houses
summer rains
The author compares mushrooms to fairies to show that
mushrooms are beautiful like fairies
mushrooms vanish quickly like fairies
mushrooms make villages like fairies
mushrooms are orange and white and tan like fairies
The author compares mushrooms to "miniature villages" to show
mushrooms like to grow in villages
mushrooms are many different colors
mushrooms look like fairies
mushrooms grow in groups
Which line in the poem contains a simile?
"You are a miniature world"
"Your fuzzy mold like a tiny forest"
"An entire civilization"
"Caught between amazement and disgust"
What is being compared in the following line
"You are a miniature world"
The bread is being compared to a miniature world
The bread is being compared to mold
The mold is being compared to a wrapper
The bread is being complared to a cupboard
Why does the speaker compare the bread to a civilization?
To show that the bread is in a wrapper
To show that the bread is being thrown away
To show that many living things are on the bread
To show that mold is disgusting
In the poem the puddle is being compared to
The sky
The city street
Another kingdom
A doorway
Which line from the poem contains a metaphor?
"I will fall through"
"And I only get wet"
"the sky mirror breaks"
"dirty water splashes"
Overall, this poem is describing
The way a puddle looks when it is raining
The way a puddle looks after the rain
The way a puddle looks when you jump in it
The way a doorway looks
Based on information in this poem, the speaker can be described as
cautious
imaginative
furious
greedy
Read the 2 poems below and answer questions 23 to 27

Winter by Walter de la Mare

Clouded with snow
The cold winds blow,
And shrill on leafless bough
The robin with its burning breast

5 Alone sings now.
The rayless sun,
Day's journey done,
Sheds its last ebbing' light
On fields in leagues of beauty spread
10 Unearthly white.

Thick draws the dark,
And spark by spark,
The frost-fires kindle, and soon
Over that sea of frozen foam
15 Floats the white moon.

'ebbing: fading
leagues: miles
kindle: begin to burn

Escape at Bedtime by Robert Louis Stevenson

The lights from the parlor and kitchen shone out
Through the blinds and the windows and bars;
And high over head and all moving about,
There were thousands of millions of stars.
5 There ne'er' were such thousands of leaves on a tree,
Nor of people in church or the Park,
As the crowds of the stars that looked down upon me,
And that glittered and winked in the dark.

The Dog, and the Plough, and the Hunter, and all,
And the star of the sailor, and Mars,
These shone in the sky, and the pail by the wall
Would be half full of water and stars.
10 They saw me at last, and they chased me with cries,
And they soon had me packed into bed;
15 But the glory kept shining and bright in my eyes,
And the stars going round in my head.

'ne'er: short for never
Plough: the British spelling of plow; also the British name for the constellation called the Big Dipper in the United States
Which statements are true about the first stanza of "Escape Bedtime"? Select 2 that apply
Lines 1 and 5 rhyme, and lines 4 and 8 rhyme
The first stanza has eight lines
Each line has the same number of words
The first stanza has 5 lines
Lines 1 and 3 rhyme, lines 2 and 4 rhyme, lines 5 and 7 rhyme, and lines 6 and 8 rhyme
Which lines from the "Escape Bedtime" explain the meaning of the title?
"The lights from the parlor and the kitchen shoe/Through the blinds and the windows and bars"
"And high over head and all moving about./There were thousands of millions of stars."
"They saw me at last, and they chased me with cries/ And they soon had me packed into bed;"
"But the glory kept shining and bright in my eyes,/ And the stars going round in my head."
Which of the following decribes the pattern of rhyme in "Winter"?
In each stanza, lines 1 and 2 rhyme, and lines 3 and 5 rhyme
In each stanza, lines 1 and 3rhyme, and lines 2 and 4 rhyme
In each stanza only lines, 1,3 and 5 rhyme
In each stanza only lines, 2,4 and 5 rhyme
What event is described in stanza 2 of "Winter"
leaves falling
a sunset
snow falling
the moon rising
Which of the lines from the poem best explains your answer to question 26
"Clouded with snow/ The cold winds blows,"
"The Robin with its burning breast/ Alone it sings now."
"Days journey done,/Shed it's last ebbing light"
"On field in leagues of beauty spread/ Unearthly white."