Poetry Test

What arises at the beginning of the poem and descends at the end?

• the sun

• a bell

• a bird

• an oak tree

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CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

What is the setting of this poem?

• the nest of a bird

• a bush where birds live

• the echoing Green

• the home of Old John

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CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

Reread the second stanza of the poem:

What can you infer from this stanza about Old John?

• Old John spends most of his time worrying.

• Old John used to play on the echoing Green.

• Old John likes being an old man more than he liked being a boy.

• Old John does not get along well with the other old folk.

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CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Who or what are “the little ones” in line 21?

• young birds

• boys and girls

• mothers

• old folk

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

What is the theme of this poem?

• the disappointments of old age

• the importance of hard work

• the power of dreams

• the joy of playing outdoors

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CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

What is the effect of using personification in lines 2 and 4?

• Personification suggests that nature can be dangerous.

• Personification contrasts birds with human beings.

• Personification explains the difference between skylarks and thrushes.

• Personification creates a mood of happiness.

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CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

Whom does “our” refer to in line 15?

• the old folks sitting together under an oak tree

• the people who ring merry bells to welcome the spring

• the boys and girls playing on the echoing Green

• the mothers around whose laps many sisters and brothers gather

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CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

8. What “shall be seen” on the echoing Green?

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5