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Midnight by Sara Holbrook

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7 questions

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Poem Passage

Question 1

1.

How are the train and the speaker similar?

Like the train that stays on a straight course, the speaker avoids change.

Like the train that travels at midnight, the speaker prefers to work during the night.

Like the train that has a schedule to keep, the speaker has an approaching responsibility.

Like the train that brays and boasts, the speaker acts in an overly proud manner.

Question 2

2.

Which line from the poem best expresses the speaker's sense of dread?

Line 15: from so many miles away...

Line 2: and it's midnight

Line 8: When I lie in wait

Line 7: and needed rest.

Question 3

3.

The metaphor in the first stanza is used to emphasize that the-

speaker's weekend of fun and relaxation is over

speaker uses the weekend to organize things

speaker behaves like a small child on the weekend

speaker's time is wasted during the weekend

Question 4

4.

The poet uses a simile in lines 23 and 24 to reveal that the speaker-

does not like fishing

wants to be outside

cannot get comfortable

might be having a dream

Question 5

5.

Dividing the poem into two stanzas allows the poet to-

compare the speaker's schedule with the train's schedule

contrast the speaker's feelings about weekends and Mondays

ask questions to keep the reader guessing about what will happen

incorporate reminders for the reader about where the action takes place

Question 6

6.

The train is important to the poem because it represents-

reflecting on the past

following a planned routine

interrupting peaceful memories

visiting distant places

Question 7

7.

The poet likely intends for the last two lines to express the speaker's-

fear of the arriving train

anxiety about the coming day

regret over the experiences of the weekend

concern about doing well in school