The Road Not Taken PRACTICE Test

Which of the following inferences about the narrator is best supported by the first stanza?

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far as I could To where it bent in the undergrowth;

• The narrator prefers country life over city life.

• The narrator thinks long and hard about his life's choices before he makes them.

• The narrator doesn't like weeds.

• The narrator is lonely for someone else.

Why most likely does the narrator choose “the path that is grassy and wanted wear”?

• The narrator likes grass instead of dirt under his feet.

• The narrator doesn’t like grass that has been trampled on.

• The narrator wants to take the path that looks like it has been traveled less.

• The narrator wants to go to a place where the cost of living is cheaper.

Which of these inferences about the narrator is best supported by stanzas 3 and 4?

• He wishes there were a third path to choose from.

• He knows that there’s no going back once certain choices are made.

• He has no desire to get off the path he’s on.

• He feels he may be making a mistake about the path he is taking.

Which line from the poem most strongly supports the answer to Question 3?

• “And both that morning equally lay / In leaves no step had trodden black.”

• “Oh, I kept the first for another day!”

• “I shall be telling this with a sigh / Somewhere ages and ages hence:”

• "Yet, knowing how way leads on to way / I doubted if I should ever come back.”

Reorder the following

• He thinks about the first road but realizes it’s not very likely he’ll get to take it again.

• He says that one day he’ll look back on his decision and realize how it shaped his future.

• He chooses the second road, the one that looks like fewer people have taken it.

• The narrator stands at a crossroads and tries to decide which path to take.

What evidence in the text of the poem shows you that the speaker is uncertain about which road to choose?

Answer explanation

Lines 2-4, “…sorry I could not travel both / And be one traveler, long I stood / And looked down one as far as I could,” show that the speaker took a long time to carefully consider his choice before finally making up his mind.

What does "wanted wear" mean in line 8?

• The road is covered in leaves.

• The road looks dirty and unsafe.

• The road hasn't been used very much.

• The road is shorter than the other one.

What is happening in this poem?

• The speaker is lost in the wodds.

• The speaker is choosing a road to travel on.

• The speaker is going back to a favorite place.

• The speaker is growing older and less able to travel.

Which word best describes the tone of this poem?

• playful

• reflective

• gloomy

• angry

Match the following

• to separate into different directions

• claim

• low plant growing on a forest floor

• undergrowth

• to walk over

• diverge

• a statement that you have a right to something; a statement that something belongs to you

• tread

• from this time or place

• hence