Follower

In 'Follower', his father is described as having 'His shoulders globed'. What is he trying to say about his father?

• He is strong.

• He has a hunch back.

• He is like a horse.

• He is extremely tired.

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'His shoulder's globed' also likens his father to what Greek god?

• Chronus

• Zeus

• Aphrodite

• Atlas

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'His shoulder's globed like a full sail strung' sets up an extended metaphor of ploughing as what?

• Ropework and knots.

• Sailing a ship.

• Carrying the world.

• Jason and the Argonauts.

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'The horse strained at his clicking tongue' implies that his father is what?

• An expert at controlling the animals.

• That he can echolocate.

• On the clock.

• Bored.

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Which of these quotes does NOT show the narrator's father as an expert?

• "The sod rolled over without breaking"

• "Narrowed and angled at the ground"

• "Mapping the furrow exactly"

• "I stumbled in his hobnailed wake"

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Which of the following words relate to the metaphor of a sailing ship? Choose all that apply.

• Wake

• Sail

• Sod

• Headrig

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Which of the following quotes shows the narrator as being in awe of his father? Choose all that apply.

• "he rode me on his back"

• "follow in his broad shadow"

• "I stumbled in his hobnailed wake"

• "fell sometimes on the polished sod"

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Which of the following words does the narrator use to describe how acted around his father? Choose all that apply.

• nuisance

• tripping

• falling

• yapping

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Which of the following statements about the poem is true?

• His father could plough a field really fast.

• His father has become like the narrator was now that he is old.

• The horses respect his father.

• The narrator has always thought his father was annoying.

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