"What My Father Said" poem

Which of the of the following describes the boys?

• They play football for fun in the neighborhood.

• They play football on the school team.

• They like to pretend they can play football.

• They're training o play football professionally.

Why doesn't the speaker's father let him play?

• He thinks football is too dangerous.

• He thinks playing football is pointless.

• He needs help with something.

• He doesn't like his son's friends.

Why is the speaker grateful?

• NO one noticed that he set the fire.

• He didn't get hurt by the fire.

• He wasn't a part of the trouble that took place.

• His father eventually let him go play.

PART A: Which statement expresses the main theme of the poem?

• Working hard is more important than playing with friends.

• It can be dangerous to be careless.

• Friends often turn on each other during conflict.

• Parents often know best, even when we think they don’t.

PART B: Which detail from the poem best supports the answer to Part A (Parents often time knows best, even when we think they don't)?

• “We were at that age when bragging rights / shined brighter than Super Bowl rings.” (Lines 19-20)

• “I went back inside the shed to help dad / move a spool of fat cables” (Lines 28-29)

• “I watched, grateful dad said no, / that accusations weren’t huddled over me” (Lines 38-39)

• “Why you lying! You know / you set that fire!” (Lines 40-41)

PART A: What does it mean that the speaker “frizzled” in Line 22?

• He is upset that he can’t join his friends.

• He is overheating from all his hard work.

• He is embarrassed by his father’s words.

• He is shocked by his father’s words.

PART B: Which quote from the text best supports the answer to Part A : He is upset that he can’t join his friends.

• “They asked if I could kick up the field with them.” (Line 21)

• “That was the Saturday Mrs. Brown mulched / her rose bush” (Lines 23-24)

• “That was the day I heard my boys / laugh two yards over, yelling touch down!” (Lines 26-27)

• “before I saw black billows of smoke / over the shed before Mrs. Brown” (Lines 30-31)