"We Have Been Friends Together"

Which statement best expresses a theme of the poem?

• Even the strongest friendship will end with an argument.

• A friendship that has endured difficult times is more likely to last.

• Best friends that have been through good and bad times can survive anything.

• No matter how close friends are in the beginning, they will eventually grow apart.

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CCSS.RL.7.2

Which quote from the poem best supports the theme of the poem?

• “Since first beneath the chestnut-trees / In infancy we played.” (Lines 3-4)

• “But laughter now hath fled thy lip, / And sullen glooms thy brow” (Lines 13-14)

• “O’er the grass-grown graves, where slumber’d / The hopes of early years.” (Lines 19-20)

• “We have been sad together — / Oh! what shall part us now?” (Lines 23-24)

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CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

How does the repetition of the phrase “Shall a light word part us now?” contribute to the meaning of the poem?

• It emphasizes the disbelief the speaker feels that their friendship should end.

• It stresses the real concern that speaker feels that their friendship will end.

• It shows how unbothered the speaker is by the possibility of their friendship ending.

• It minimizes the speaker’s fight with their friend

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CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.7.4

What does “O’er the grass-grown graves, where slumber’d / The hopes of early years” in lines 19-20 mean as used in the poem?

• The speaker and their friend lost someone close to them.

• The speaker considers their friendship to be dead.

• The speaker and their friend have been greatly let down in the past.

• The speaker doesn’t think there is hope for their friendship in the future.

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CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.4

Which of the following describes the conflict between the friends?

• The speaker is upset by something their friend said.

• The speaker’s friend is upset by something that was said.

• The speaker and their friend do not have much in common.

• The speaker and their friend are tired of each other.

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CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.7.3

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.7.6

Which of the following describes the friends?

• The good times they’ve had don’t make up for the bad.

• They are finding that they have fewer happy times.

• They have shared happy times of hope and laughter.

• They have all but forgotten the happy times.

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CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.W.7.9A

The speaker wants their friend to…

• admit that they were wrong.

• give them some space.

• tell them why they’re upset.

• continue being their friend.

What evidence from the poem supports the idea that the speaker's friend is disturbed by their circumstances?

• "Since first beneath the chestnut-trees

  In infancy we played."

• "But laughter now hath fled thy lip,

  And sullen glooms thy brow;"

• "For the fount of hope was gushing

  Warm and joyous in our breasts."

• "We have been friends together,

  In sunshine and in shade;"

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CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.W.7.9A