Mending Wall by Robert Frost

What makes the wall fall the first time around?

• elves

• hunters

• snow/frozen ground

• time

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Who is at fault the second time the speaker mentions the wall falling?

• elves

• hunters

• snow/frozen ground

• time

At what time of year do the neighbors mend the wall?

• Fall

• Winter

• Summer

• Spring

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What do the neighbors use to make the stones balance?

• a spell

• magic from elves

• cement

• their father's tools

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Why does Robert Frost insist that they do not need a wall?

• The hunters destroy walls.

• Robert Frost has a spell to make the stones balance.

• "Good fences make good neighbors."

• His apple trees will never cross or eat the neighbor's pines.

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During spring, the narrator describes himself as...

• magical

• mischievous

• obstinate

• a man with rough fingers

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What is the question the narrator asks his neighbor in the poem? [use the exact words from poem]

• Are walls really needed?

• Why do they make good neighbours?

• Why do we need walls?

• Are walls really important?

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"Why do they make good neighbours?" In this question, they refers to...

• fences

• elves

• fathers

• hunters

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What does the neighbor reply when Frost asks why they need a wall?

• "I will not go behind my father's saying."

• "Walls make for perfect neighbours."

• "Good fences make good neighbours."

• "Walls are needed to keep the peace."

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Frost describes his neighbor as...

• a traditional kind of man

• an ignorant man

• a wise old man

• old-stone savage armed

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