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Lines 1 through 4 are important to the poem because they help the reader create an image of Mo in the South Pole.

• True

• False

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Select TWO correct answers.

The second stanza Iines (5-8) most appeals to the readers sense of–

• smell

• sound

• feel

• taste

• see

Read lines 7 and 8 from the poem. 

"but he still sniffed and sneezed, feeling lonely and low,

as his friends splashed and laughed in the ice pool below."

What do these lines suggest about the speaker’s experience with snow?

• The snow doesn't bother Mo but he wants a new experience.

• The snow doesn’t make Mo happy like it does his friends.

• The snow makes Mo feel sick but he is happy to play in it.

• The snow makes Mo scared but he wants to fit in with his friends.

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Based on the details in the poem, which statement best describes how the speaker feels about the sun?

• 1. He is annoyed by it.

• He appreciates it. 

• He desires to be away from it.

• He wants to run from it.

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Which line from the text best supports your answer to question 4?

• Down at the South Pole lived a penguin named Mo, (line 1)

• 1. and gloves and a scarf from his dear Uncle Joe, (line 6)

• 1. He sighed, “Oh, to live where the flowers can grow! (line 9)

• 1. where I feel warm and cozy from head to my toe.”  (line 12)

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