Reading Lit The Arrow and the Song

The Arrow and the Song

Read the passage and answer the questions!

Multiple Choice

Read the lines from the poem and answer the question.

"Long, long afterward, in an oak / I found the arrow, still unbroke;"

What does the prefix un- mean in unbroke?

• again

• more

• not

• without

Multiple Choice

Which idea is best supported by the poem?

• The speaker thinks that friendship is important.

• The speaker enjoys shooting arrows.

• The speaker's song can cause strong feelings.

• The speaker loses hope.

Multiple Choice

Read the line from the poem and answer the question.

"I breathed a song into the air,"

What is the speaker most likely doing in this line of the poem?

• The speaker is listening to a song.

• The speaker is singing.

• The speaker is enjoying the air.

• The speaker is breathing.

Multiple Select

Which two lines from the poem best support the conclusion that both the arrow and the song do not change after time goes by?

• "I shot an arrow into the air,"

• "It fell to earth, I knew not where;"

• "I found the arrow, still unbroken;"

• "And [I found] the song, from beginning to end,"

• "I found [the song] again in the heart of a friend."

Multiple Choice

Which statement best describes a lesson of the poem?

• Lost things do not always remain lost.

• Losing things makes time pass slowly.

• Finding things that have been lost is difficult.

• People who do not pay attention lose things.

Multiple Choice

Read the dictionary entry and the lines from the poem. Use the dictionary entry to answer the question.

Dictionary Entry flight (n) 1. the act of running away 2. a trip made by airplane 3. a group of birds flying through the air 4. the act of passing through air

"I shot an arrow into the air,

It fell to earth, I knew not where;

For, so swiftly it flew, the sight

Could not follow it in its flight."

Which definition of flight is used in the poem?

• definition 1

• definition 2

• definition 3

• definition 4

Open Ended

The events are out of order. Place the events in the order that they happen in the poem. Use the letter to order them (example: b, c, a)

A) The speaker shoots and arrow into the air and loses it.

B) The speaker breathes a song into the air and loses it.

C) The speaker finds the whole arrow in an oak tree.

D) The speaker finds the song in the heart of a friend.