Echoing Green/Go Outside and Play Quiz

What does the author of "Go Outside and Play" describe as the major obstacle to kids today playing outside? 

• Playing outside is too expensive for parents in the current economy. 
• More kids have health problems such as attention deficit disorder and nature deficit disorder.
• More kids live in urban areas, where there are no places to play outside. 
• Many areas are off limits or unsafe for kids to play. 

What is the author  of "Go Outside and Play" trying to persuade the reader to do?

• to avoid the dangers of playing outside by staying inside 
• to move from urban to rural areas 
• to be more physically active outdoors 
• to play video games more often

Read the sentences: “‘I do soccer, so I’m outside a lot,’ says Jacob C. of Nashua, New Hampshire. ‘Sometimes, though, I wish I had more time to play outside.’” Joshua C. would most likely agree with which of the statements below? 

• Kids already spend too much time outside. 
• Kids should have time for both organized and unorganized activities outside. 
• Kids today play too many of their sports games online. 
• Kids today should only participate in organized activities due to the safety risks of playing outside. 

In the section “The Great Outdoors,” the author of "Go Outside and Play" suggests that readers recapture their childhood. Reread the section. Which definition is closest to the meaning of recapture as used in that section? 

• to take a picture or video of 
• to go back to or live again 
• to imagine in vivid detail
• to write down or record

What is the author of "Go Outside and Play" mainly arguing in this passage? 

• Students would perform better in school if they played outside more. 
• Young kids today will face obesity when they are older if they do not learn to exercise. 
• Playing outside is beneficial for your body and mind, and there are many ways to enjoy the outdoors. 
•  Kids in urban areas should be provided with cleaner parks, more accessible indoor recreation areas, and safer routes to outdoor activity areas.

In the poem, "The Echoing Green", what arises at the beginning of the poem and descends at the end?

• the sun
• a bell
• a bird
• an oak tree

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What is the setting of the poem "The Echoing Green"?

• a bush where birds live
• the nest of a bird
• the home of Old John
• the echoing Green

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Reread the 2nd stanza of "The Echoing Green".
Old John, with white hair,
Does laugh away care,
Sitting under the oak,
Among the old folk.
They laugh at our play,
And soon they all say,
"Such, such were the joys
When we all--girls and boys--
In our youth-time were seen
On the echoing Green."
What can you infer from this stanza about Old John?

• Old John spends most of his time worrying.
• Old John used to play on the echoing Green.
• Old John likes being an old man more than he liked being a boy.
• Old John does not get along well with the other old folk.

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Who or what are "the little ones" in line 21 of "The Echoing Green"?

• mothers
• old folk
• young birds
• boys and girls

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What is the theme of "The Echoing Green"?

• the power of dreams
• the importance of hard work
• the joy of playing outdoors
• the disappointments of old age

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