Pages 1-11 Love That Dog Quiz

Why doesn't the boy, Jack, want to write poems?

• He doesn't know how to rhyme words.

• He doesn't think poems make any sense.

• He thinks only girls write poetry.

• He thinks writing poetry is too hard.

In the poem "The Red Wheelbarrow", what were the animals beside the red wheelbarrow?

• cows

• horses

• chickens

• pigs

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CCSS.RL.5.1

Look closely at the poem, especially the 4 sets of two lines (couplets). What farm equipment / tool are the shapes of the couplets similar to?

• a chicken

• a wheelbarrow

• a raindrop

• a shovel

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CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.4

After reading the poem "The Red Wheelbarrow", the boy thought any words could be a poem. "You've just got to have ___________ ____________".

• rhyming words

• short lines

• more than 4 lines

• interesting details

What object did the boy use in his "So much depends..." poem?

• a yellow bus

• a green John Deer tractor

• a blue car

• a red wheelbarrow

Which detail was the first detail given about "the blue car that had miles to go"?

• it was in a hurry

• it was all shiny

• it was dirty

• it was traveling very slowly

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CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

In Jack's poem about the blue car (on October 24, page 8), what did he compare to the blue car to in a simile?

• a falling star

• a comet

• a planet

• a rocket ship

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CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

What condition did the boy give the teacher for putting his blue-car poems on the board?

• She had to put them on yellow paper.

• She doesn't put his name on them.

• She had to give him an A+ for the poem.

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CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

Which word did the boy ask his teacher for the meaning?

• anonymous

• onomatopoeia

• metaphor

• simile

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CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

Jack is very excited to write a poem about pet he had.

• TRUE

• FALSE

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CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.W.5.1A