"City Autumn" Review

1. What does the old man in this poem wonder?

• A. whether he'll see spring again
• B. whether he should help the vegabond
• C. whether the sparrows are frightened
• D. whether the streets need to be cleaned.

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

2. In which part of the year is the scene in this poem set?

• A. early spring
• B. late summer
• C. early winter
• D. late autumn

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

3. Read these lines from the poem. 
An an old man totters past with a cane
Wondering if he'll see spring again.
Based on these lines, what can you conclude about how the old man feels about autumn and winter?

• A. He probably likes autumn and winter better than he likes spring.
• B. He probably feels equally as positive about autumn and winter as he does about spring.
• C. He probably feels uncertain that he will live through the autumn and winter.
• D. He probably feels excited about the autumn and winter.

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

4. Where does this poem take place?

• A. in a city
• B. in a small town
• C. on a farm
• D. inside a house

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

5. What is this poem mainly about?

• A. an old man who lives in a city
• B. the way dry, fallen leaves look
• C. a cold autumn day in a city
• D. a vegabond who lives on a city street

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

6. The poem begins with the sentence "The air breathes frost". Why might the poet have begun the poem with this sentence?

• A. To establish the importance of the cold temperature in the scene
• B. to help the reader ease into the poem with an unimportant detail
• C. to set up a contrast between the weather at the start of the poem and at the end of the poem
• D. to introduce the reader to a human character with the name "Air"

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.4

7. Read these lines from the poem:
A snowflake falls like an errant feather:
A vagabond draws his cloak together,
Why might the poet have used a colon (:) at the end of the first line?

• A. to show that there is a connection between the snowflake falling and the vagabond drawing his cloak together
• B. to show that the vagabond drawing his cloak together caused the snowflake to fall like an errant feather
• C. to make clear that the snowflake falling and the vagabond drawing his cloak together are events happening at different times
• D. to contrast the falling snowflake and the vagabond drawing his cloak together

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.5.4