Grown Up Reading Works

According to the passage, what did the child do at age six?

• pretended to be a superhero

• put the cape away

• wrote school reports

• made a rocket ship

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Read the first stanza of the poem:

I used to be a superhero,

Soaring from tree to tree

With a cape around my shoulders

I was as happy as could be

As described in this stanza, what is the author trying to convey?

• that climbing trees is easy for the child in the poem

• why kids like to imagine they are superheroes

• the magical world of pretend play

• how tall trees seem to a small child

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By the end of the poem, how do you think the child feels about growing up?

• a little sad

• bored

• worried about the future

• happy

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Read the following sentence from the passage:

“By eight, I read and wrote with ease.”

In this sentence, the word ease means _____.

• humor

• much trouble

• crayons

• little difficulty

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The central idea of this poem is to show

• that some kids never stop playing make-believe

• the child’s skills at different ages

• how tough growing up can be

• who the child’s family and friends are

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The author conveys the passage of time

• by including the child’s various ages throughout the poem.

• by having people tell him to "Grow Up"

• by stating "I have no time for make believe

  I’m busy writing school reports"

• by writing "I could tell the time on clocks"

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The question below is an incomplete sentence. Choose the word that best completes the sentence._____, the child in the poem thinks imaginatively by pretending to be a superhero.

• Although

• Like

• After

• For example

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The theme of this poem is

• kids should listen to their parents.

• growing up can be hard for some kids.

• homework should be done before play.

• imagination is not important.

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Which of the following supports the theme?

• The boy still wants to play with boxes.

• The boy's mom is mad at him because he still plays games.

• Grown ups play games

• School reports take a long time to write.

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The author writes, "It took me all the way to Mars." This means

• the boy would watch the stars while he was in his cardboard box.

• the boy learned about Mars while he was in his cardboard box.

• the boy pretended he could travel to space in his cardboard box.

• the boy wanted to be an astronaut.

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