The Way Through the Woods

Which of the following was NOT a cause of the change in the road.

• Someone shut the road.

• People stopped traveling on the road.

• Weather affected the road.

• War destroyed the road.

The sounds on the road the poet describes in the second stanza are really -

• otters whistling

• breezes in the trees

• soldiers riding along

• memories of the past

Read this metaphor from the poem.

And the swish of a skirt in the dew,

Who is being described?

• The keeper

• The otter's mate

• A woman riding a horse

• Leaves blowing along the road

Kipling's purposes in writing the poem is to -

• entertain readers with beautiful descriptions

• advertise the road to travelers

• inform others about poor highway management

• urge people to stay away form this place