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Four Skinny Trees CFA

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6 questions

Instructions

Use your annotations to answer the questions. 

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Question 1

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What is the author’s purpose in stanza 2?

To illustrate that trees survive because they are strong and persistent

To demonstrate that trees are like monsters threatening to destroy her home

To reveal that the trees frighten her because of their violent nature

To emphasize that the trees look like real people trying to fit into the world

Question 2

2.

What inference can the reader make about the speaker?

The speaker is inspired by the strength of the trees.

The speaker feels sorry for the trees.

The speaker worries about the health of the trees.

The speaker is fascinated by life in her neighborhood.

Read the following example from the poem:

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Question 4

4.

In paragraph 1, the author uses the comparison “Four skinny trees with skinny necks and pointy elbows like mine” most likely to emphasize that —

The trees’ weak stature makes them vulnerable

The speaker is suspicious of the trees outside

The speaker identifies with the trees physically

The trees’ presence is insignificant to the speaker

Question 5

5.

Which sentence suggests that the trees motivate the speaker?

Let one forget his reason for being, they’d all drop like tulips (paragraph 3)

Four who grew despite concrete. (paragraph 4)

Four raggedy excuses planted by the city. (paragraph 1)

I am the only one who understands them. (paragraph 1)

Question 6

6.

What are the most likely reasons the author includes the image with the text?
Select TWO correct answers.

To help the reader see the trees height and deep roots

To help the reader see how the trees move in the wind

To help the reader see how the author is dressed

To show the reader how the trees were planted by the city

To show the reader the novel the poem comes from

Question 3

3.

How does this description affect the mood of the poem?

This description creates a mischievous mood.

This description creates a patient mood.

This description creates a resilient mood.

This description creates a pleased mood.