Full Day Quiz

According to the poem "Full Day" by Naomi Shihab Nye, how long does it take for the plane to cover the distance that the covered wagon went in a full day?

• One minute

• Fifty seconds

• One minute and fifty seconds

• A full day

What did the people in the covered wagon do to make their wagons lighter according to the poem?

• They ate a neat lunch

• They looked down on clouds

• They threw their furniture out

• They carried their treasures

What is described as being tough in the poem "Full Day"?

• The pebbles

• The biscuits

• The shirts

• The grass

What happened to the shirts of the people in the covered wagon?

• They got hot and cold

• They shone with the evening

• They tore on the branches they passed

• They were thrown out to lighten the wagon

What did the people in the covered wagon see according to the poem?

• Clouds and foam

• Pebbles and long grass

• A subdivided lunch

• Mountains of froth

Which line from the poem suggests that people in covered wagons experienced the conditions of the land?

• we're going as far

• mountains of froth and foam.

• Their biscuits were tough.

• They knew the ruts and the rocks.

The poet organizes the poem as she does in order to —

• explain why people travel in planes

• detail the changes in travel throughout history

• show how travel today differs from travel in the past

• highlight the reasons people traveled in covered wagons

Why does the poet include stanzas 3 and 4?

• To suggest that travel by wagon had both advantages and disadvantages

• To explain why pioneers wanted to cross the prairie by wagon

• To describe what a covered wagon could carry

• To prove that traveling by wagon was more fun than air travel

The poet suggests that pioneers had to —

• rely on strangers for help

• carry only a few necessities

• grow their own food

• travel mostly at night

The poet includes the pilot's statement in stanza 1 in order to —

• tell the passengers where they are going

• describe how pioneers traveled

• explain the disadvantages of covered wagons

• give passengers an idea of how fast modern air travel is