January

January

by John Updike

January

The days are short,

The sun a spark,

Hung thin between

The dark and dark.

Multiple Choice

The ____ are short,

The sun a spark,

Hung thin between

The dark and dark.

• days

• day

• months

• week

Multiple Choice

The days are short,

The ___ a spark,

Hung thin between

The dark and dark.

• sky

• sun

• light

• candle

Multiple Choice

The days are short,

The sun a spark,

Hung ____ between

The dark and dark.

• thick

• heavy

• thin

• skinny

Multiple Choice

The days are short,

The sun a spark,

Hung thin between

The ____ ___ ____.

• light and dark

• dark and night

• dark and dark

• light and light

Fat snowy footsteps

Track the floor.

Milk bottles burst

Outside the door.

The river is

A frozen place

Held still beneath

The trees of lace.

The sky is low.

The wind is gray.

The radiator

Purrs all day.

Multiple Choice

The ___ __ ___.

The wind is gray.

The radiator

Purrs all day.

• sky is low

• clouds are low

• sky is blue

• clouds are high

Multiple Choice

The sky is low.

The wind is gray.

The _______

Purrs all day.

• radiator

• radio