Sick by Shel Silverstein

Sick by Shel Silverstein

4th - 6th Grade

10 Qs

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Sick by Shel Silverstein

Sick by Shel Silverstein

Assessment

Quiz

English

4th - 6th Grade

Medium

CCSS
RL.4.4, RL.4.5, RL.5.4

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Standards-aligned

Created by

Dan Gehring

Used 364+ times

FREE Resource

10 questions

Show all answers

1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following patterns describes the rhyme scheme of this poem?

ABABCDCD

AABBCCDD

ABCBDEFE

AABBAABB

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the author's primary purpose for writing this poem?

To explain

To inform

To persuade

To entertain

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

From which point of view is this poem writtten?

First person

Second person

Third person

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How does the narrator feel about school?

the narrator likes school and is disappointed that she is too sick to attend

the narrator dislikes school and wants to stay home

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.3.6

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which is the best short summary of the poem?

A little girl cannot go to school because she is very sick.

A little girl pretends to be sick so she doesn't have to go to school.

A little girl is trying to convince her mom to take her to the doctor.

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

At the beginning of the poem, the narrator thinks it is:

a school day

the weekend

not enough information

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How does the narrator change from the beginning to the end of the story.

At the beginning, she is sick. At the end she is all better.

At the beginning, she thinks she has to go to school. At the end, she realizes it is Saturday.

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.2.1

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