Invitation by Shel SIlverstein

Which of these characters is the writer NOT inviting in?

• a magic bean buyer

• a wisher

• a star gazer

• a dreamer

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Where is the poet sitting?

• In a school

• By the fire

• By the sea

• in the park

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The poet says that they have flax ______ tales to spin. (What is the missing word?)

• golden

• haired

• dreamy

• important

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How does the poet end the poem?

• with a dream

• asking a question

• as a cliffhanger

• with repeating words

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Why does the poet ask the person to "Come in" twice at the end.

• In case they didn't get it at first

• To make them feel really welcome and invited

• Because that's part of the rhyme

• Because they forgot to say it at the beginning

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Why do you think that the poet titled his poem "Invitation"?

• The poet does NOT want the reader near him

• The poet wants to experience new things with someone

• The poet wants to go to school with someone

• The poet wants to scare someone

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Why do you suppose the poet invites "Magic Bean Buyers"?

• Because he wants fairy tale characters to join him

• Because even people who are easily fooled are welcome

• Because he only wants his friends to come

• Because he doesn't want mean people to come

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What is the rhyming pattern in this poem?

• It doesn't rhyme

• AB AB (Where every other line rhymes.)

• The middle rhymes with itself, and the beginning and ending rhyme with each other.

• All of the lines rhyme with each other.

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