How does Mr. Brown feel about the kids in town?
GROWING DOWN

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English
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5th - 7th Grade
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Hard
Quynh Nguyen
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
He is jealous of how young they are.
He doesn’t understand why they act the way they do.
He doesn’t like them because they are mean.
He wants to protect their sense of childlike wonder.
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
All of the following questions in stanza 2 are examples of __________.
activities in which children partake.
activities children are forbidden from.
activities in which adults wish to partake.
activities adults dislike.
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
When Mr. Brown decides to “grow down” __________.
He decides never to grow up.
He has a good time.
He makes more friends.
He starts to annoy the other adults.
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The theme of the poem is: Children’s innocence allows them to better appreciate the small joys of life.
Identify a quote from Mr. Brown that supports this theme.
"Why must you shout when I'm lying down?"
Why don’t you grow up?” grumped Grow-Up Brown.
“It’s much more fun, this 'growin’ down.”
One day we said to Grow-Up Brown,“Hey, why don’t you try growing down?
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
In the beginning of the poem, what is Mr. Brown's attitude towards the children?
Caring
Hopeful
Loving
Annoyed
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
In the final stanza of the poem, what mood is created for the reader by Shel Silverstein?
Funny
Serious
Fearful
Hopeless
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
How many stanzas are in the poem?
1
3
80
5
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