A Bird Came Down to Walk

What is the speaker watching throughout this poem?

• a leaf

• a beetle

• a bird

• a worm

Read lines 9-13 of the poem. Based on this evidence, what can you conclude about how the bird is feeling?

• The bird feels nervous and scared.

• The bird feels proud and strong.

• The bird feels excited and happy.

• The bird feels bored and restless.

When in the poem does the bird most likely notice that the speaker is watching him?

• lines 9-10

• lines 17-18

• lines 1-2

• lines 7-8

What is the main idea of this poem?

• A bird comes down the walk and then swims through a puddle of water.

• A bird comes down the walk and eats crumbs out of the speaker's hand.

• A bird comes down the walk, eats a worm, and drinks a dewdrop from some grass.

• A bird comes down the walk but flies away when the speaker offers him a crumb.

Read these lines from the poem:

Like one in danger, Cautious,

I offered him a Crumb

And he unrolled his feathers

And rowed him softer home-

Than Oars divide the Ocean,

What does the phrase "rowed him softer home" mean here?

• chirped quietly

• hopped onto a boat

• flew away softly

• swam through a puddle

Read these lines from the poem:

He glanced with rapid eyes

That hurried all around-

They looked life frightened Beads, I thought-

To whom or what does the word "they" refer?

• the speaker and the bird

• the bird and his friends

• the bird's wings

• the bird's eyes

Read the first two stanzas of the poem. What are four things that the bird does in this part of the poem? (Use words from the text)

• walks, skips, eats, jumps

• walks, eats, drinks, hops

• drinks, slips, skips, runs

• runs, walks, eats, jumps

What is a meaning of the word "stir"?

• to mix by moving around

• transport commercially

• make strong or stronger