The Giant Anteater Cafe

43 What is the rhyme pattern of each stanza?

• All the lines rhyme

• There are two sets of rhyming lines

• It has an irregular rhyme pattern

• None of the lines rhyme

44 Why does the poet refer to the grasslands as a "cafe"?

• to suggest that people come to view the anteater

• to explain that the anteater works hard to find food

• to show that anteaters often travel in groups

• to describe where anteaters find their food

45 In the second line of stanza 1, the word elongated shows that the anteater's nose is

• easy to spot

• very useful

• long and thin

• covered with fur

46 According to the poem, the anteater uses all of the following to find food EXCEPT-

• its nose

• its bushy tail

• its claws

• its tongue

47 Read these lines from the poem. "When finished, the anteater goes on its way, hunting for insects, day after day," The poet uses repetition in these lines mainly to show that the anteater-

• always does the same thing

• only eats during the day

• cannot find enough food

• is bored with its environment

48 In the first line, the word awkward is most likely describing-

• how the anteater feels

• what the anteater looks like

• where the anteater lives

• what the anteater is named

49 In which line does the poet give an opinion about the anteater?

• "the anteater walks on its knuckles, not toes."

• "smelling 40 times better than ours, truth to tell..."

• "The odd-looking anteater, snout to the ground..."

• "the anteater digs with its claws to break in"

50 What does the poem and the graphic NOT show about the anteater?

• the fact that it walks on its knuckles, not its feet

• the fact that it has a very large nose

• the fact that it is not very nice

• the fact that it has a bushy tail

51 The reader can infer that the anteater-

• has a diet primarily made up of insects.

• can walk slower on its knuckles than on its feet.

• does not like other animals.

• cannot smell as well as humans do.