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

What was the time mentioned by the Author to enter the woods ?

• a winter evening late

• a summer evening late

• a spring morning

• a spring evening late

'They fear not men in the woods'.

a) Who is they reffered as ?

• Otters

• Trouts

• The Author

• Horses

'They fear not men in the woods'.

b) Why do they need not fear the men in the woods ?

• ... because they lost their horses which they used to travel through the woods.

• ... the animals can't see the men.

• ... only a few men come through the way.

• ... men are kind and they do' not harm animals.

What type of figure of speech is the 'swish of a skirt' ?

• Onomatopoeia

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

• Personification