Check for Understanding - "Growing Pains" Poem

The title of the poem refers to--

• physical pain associated with growing older

• emotional pain associated with growing up

• pain that grows worse over time

• pain that only grown-ups understand

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The repetition in lines 1-6 helps the reader--

• understand why the mother is angry with the speaker

• visualize details of the setting of the poem

• focus on the speaker's point of view

• appreciate the persistence of the mother's complaints

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The metaphor in the first stanza is used to emphasize that--

• the mother is not happy with the poem's speaker

• the poem's speaker has a messy bedroom

• the mother's nagging causes the poem's speaker to cry

• the poem's speaker does not like to cry in public

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"Growing Pains" is a narrative poem because it--

• expresses the thoughts and feelings of the speaker

• tells a story with characters and conflict

• lacks a regular rhythm or rhyme scheme

• describes the adventures of a hero

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Every line of the poem comes to a complete stop. The poem also contains many short sentences. This structure suggests that the poem's speaker is--

• struggling to make sense of a series of events

• breathless with rage over the encounter with her mother

• trying to express the humdrum nature of an ordinary day

• using sentence variety to make sure her ideas come across clearly

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What is the central message that the author presents in this poem?

• Worry can sometimes cause a person to lash out against a loved one.

• Adults can sometimes behave like children.

• Young people can feel scared when they realize that parents have problems of their own.

• Parents should not share their personal problems with their children.

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What is the meaning of the word "pigsty" as used in line 3 of the poem?

• A usually covered enclosure for pigs.

• A growth on your eyelid

• An animal that is a mammal and of the family suidae

• A dirty or very untidy place.

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Who was the mother waiting to receive a letter from?

• the dad

• the sister

• the grandmother

• the speaker

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Who else had hurt mom, according to the poem?

• Her boss

• The speaker

• The Dad

• Her best friend

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What does the speaker conclude in the end?

• She is overwhelmingly angry at her mother.

• Trying to understand grown up's problems is expecting too much for a kid.

• She is going to clean her room.

• She is also mad at her dad.

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