Unit 4 Poetry Collection 7 Assessment

Which line from "Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout Would Not Take the Garbage Out" contains alliteration?

• "And so it piled up to the ceilings"

• "It cracked the window and blocked the door"

• "Crusts of black burned buttered toast"

• "At last the garbage reached so high"

Which of these lines from "Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout Would Not Take the Garbage Out" uses exaggeration for humorous effect?

• "Brown bananas, rotten peas/Chunks of sour cottage cheese"

• "Cellophane from green baloney,/Rubbery blubbery macaroni"

• "Cold french fries and rancid meat,/Yellow lumps of Cream of Wheat"

• "At last the garbage reached so high/That finally it touched the sky."

What is the best paraphrase of this passage from "Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout Would Not Take the Garbage Out"?

And all the neighbors moved away,/And none of her friends would com to play./

And finally Sarah Cynthia Stout said,/"OK, I'll take the garbage out!"

• All the neighbors moved away, and none of her friends would come to play when Sarah finally said, "OK, I'll take the garbage out!"

• In order to keep her neighbors and friends, Sarah agreed to take the trash out.

• When the garbage had piled up very high, Sarah's friends refused to play with her.

• Sarah's neighbors had moved and her friends had stopped playing with her by the time Sarah agreed to take out the trash.

What does Shel Silverstein show by ending the poem with these lines?

But children, remember Sarah Stout/And always take the garbage out!

• The poem is a threat.

• The poem is a humorous warning.

• The poem is a guide to right living.

• The poem is pure fun.

What is the main trait of Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout?

• her skill as a cook

• her stubbornness

• her friendliness

• her willingness to wash dishes

Which statement best explains why the speaker in “Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout

Would Not Take the Garbage Out” does not reveal Sarah’s fate?

• He does not know what happened to her.

• He does not want to embarrass her.

• He wants readers to imagine her fate.

• He thinks it is time for readers to be in bed.

What is the best interpretation of this line from “Weather”?

A spatter a scatter a wet cat a clatter

• A cat is hiding under a car during a rainstorm.

• The sound the rain makes is like the sound of a cat.

• Several cats run in different directions to get out of the rain.

• A cat running to get out of the rain knocks something over.

What is most likely happening in these lines from “Weather”?

A puddle a jump a puddle a jump / A puddle a jump puddle splosh

• The rain is making puddles of water on a sidewalk.

• The rain is causing something to jump out of puddles.

• Someone jumps over three puddles and lands in a fourth.

• Someone is jumping from puddle to puddle during a storm.

Which of these lines from “Weather” contains both onomatopoeia and repetition?

• “Spotting the windowpane”

• “A splatter a rumble outside”

• “Slosh a galosh slosh a galosh”

• “A puddle a jump a puddle a jump”

If you were reading “One” aloud, where would you pause?

And mirrors can show me multiplied / many times, say, dressed up in red / or dressed up in grey.

• after “multiplied” and after “red”

• after “times” and after “say”

• after “say” and after “red”

• after “say” and after “or”