False Alarm! Poetry Quiz

What does the title of the poem, False Alarm, suggest?

• A warning has been sounded about a fire.

• There is reason to be highly concerned.

• Children are playing a prank in the forest.

• Although autumn’s colors resemble a fire, there is not one.

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In the first stanza, the poet uses a simile to show that —

• the woods are burning up

• the colors of autumn are intense

• autumn is a dangerous time

• the woods are green and leafy

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The poet uses the word licks in line 5 to help the reader imagine —

• a cat lapping up milk

• the smell of burning leaves

• the sound of leaves crackling underfoot

• a tongue of flames

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Which of these best describes how line 6 contributes to the imagery of the poem?

• It shows how the bright colors make the viewer want to move in happy excitement.

• It describes how the frenzied squirrels move.

• It paints a picture of how quickly the changes occur in autumn leaves.

• It lets the reader know how quickly the ranger must respond to the fire.

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The author organizes the poem by –

• explaining how a fire spreads across a forest.

• listing different ways leaves change in a season.

• presenting the order of events in the speaker’s experience.

• describing different scenes occurring throughout the forest as the leaves change.

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Stanza 4 is important to the poem because it –

• confirms the described image is not a real fire.

• introduces an important character in the poem.

• points out the Ranger’s dedication to his job.

• lets the reader know the fire will be extinguished.

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In lines 15 and 16, the poet uses the words frenzy and scurry to create a mood of —

• panic

• sadness

• peacefulness

• fun

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The poet uses a simile in lines 18–19 to bring to mind —

• the heat from the squirrel’s burnt tail

• the shape of the squirrel’s tail

• the roughness of the squirrel’s tail

• the soft-gray color of the squirrel’s tail

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In the last stanza, the author includes the words “wise to Autumn’s ways”

to show that —

• there is no emergency

• the ranger is too cautious

• autumn usually arrives late

• the leaves have fallen

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