Poetry Comprehension Quiz: "Sick" by Shel Silverstein

Which word is a synonym for wrenched (line 17)?

• fixed

• injured

• painless

• straight

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CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

Read line 26. What is the speaker trying to say?

• The speaker is sick with a high fever.

• The speaker needs medicine to get better soon.

• The speaker wants to go to school.

• The speaker is telling the time of day.

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

After reading the last stanza, the reader can conclude _____.

• the speaker does not feel well and needs medicine

• the speaker was pretending to be sick in order to miss a day of school

• the speaker is happy to miss a day of school

• the speaker is starting to feel sick and has to miss school

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CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

What does the speaker realize at the end of the poem?

• The speaker realized that there was no school that day.

• The speaker realized that her back and feet were hurting.

• The speaker was pretending to be sick when she actually was really sick.

• The speaker will get into a lot of trouble for lying.

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CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

Read line 7. This is an example of _____.

• metaphor

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

• simile

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

Which line from the poem shows imagery (something you can easily imagine or visualize)?

• Line 30

• Line 33

• Line 1

• Line 7

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

The reader can conclude that the main character _____.

• dislikes getting sick and staying in bed all day

• does not want to miss school

• enjoys going to school and learning

• does not enjoy going to school and wants to stay home

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

The poet wrote this poem _____.

• to entertain the reader with a nonfiction poem

• to entertain the reader with a humorous poem

• to educate the reader with a poem about missing school

• to educate the reader with a poem about illnesses

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

Which of the following is true about this poem?

• The poem has no rhyme pattern.

• The poem is a true story.

• The poem has 4 stanzas and 32 lines.

• The poem has 32 stanzas and 4 lines.

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

This poem is _____.

• fiction

• nonfiction

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CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.4.4