Sick by Shel Silverstein
Authored by Emily Geldard
English
4th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
In line 17 it says, "My back is is wrenched, my ankle's sprained."
Which word is a synonym for wrenched?
fixed
injured
not painful
straight
Tags
CCSS.RL.4.4
CCSS.RL.5.1
CCSS.RI.3.4
CCSS.RI.4.4
CCSS.RI.5.4
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
In Line 26, the speaker says, "My temperature is 108". What is he/she trying to say?
The speaker is sick with a high fever.
The speaker needs medicine to get better soon.
The speaker wants to go to school.
Tags
CCSS.RL.2.6
CCSS.RL.8.3
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
After reading the last stanza, the reader can conclude...
The speaker does not feel well and needs medicine.
The speaker was pretending to be sick in order to miss a day of school.
The speaker is happy to miss a day of school.
The speaker is starting to feel sick and has to miss school.
Tags
CCSS.RL.4.4
CCSS.RL.4.5
CCSS.RL.3.4
CCSS.RL.3.5
CCSS.RL.5.5
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What does the speaker realize at the end of the poem?
That there was no school that day.
That his back and feet were hurting.
The speaker was pretending to be sick when he actually was really sick.
The speaker will get into a lot of trouble for lying.
Tags
CCSS.RL.4.4
CCSS.RL.4.5
CCSS.RL.3.4
CCSS.RL.3.5
CCSS.RL.5.4
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
In line 7 it says "My tonsils are as big as rocks". This is an example of
Metaphor
Alliteration
Onomatopoeia
Simile
Tags
CCSS.RI.4.5
CCSS.RI.5.5
CCSS.RI.6.5
CCSS.RI.7.5
CCSS.RI.8.5
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which line from the poem shows imagery?
Line 30
"What's that? What's that you say?"
Line 33
There is no line 33.
Line 1
"I cannot go to school today."
Line 7
"My tonsils are as big as rocks."
Tags
CCSS.RL.4.4
CCSS.RL.4.5
CCSS.RL.3.5
CCSS.RL.5.5
CCSS.RL.5.4
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The reader can conclude that the main character..
dislikes getting sick and staying in bed all day.
does not want to miss school.
enjoys going to school and learning.
does not enoy going to school and wants to stay home.
Tags
CCSS.RL.5.1
CCSS.RI.4.1
CCSS.RI.5.1
CCSS.RI.6.1
CCSS.RL.4.1
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