“How The Leaves Came Down” Poem

How many stanzas are in the poem?

• 20

• 1

• 7

• 35

Who is the speaker of the poem?

• Susan

• The narrator

• The tree

• The Leaves

Which lines from the poem rhyme?

• The great Tree to his children said:

  "You're getting sleepy, Yellow and Brown,

• So, for just one more merry day

  To the great Tree the leaflets clung,

• I saw them; on the ground they lay,

  Golden and red, a huddled swarm,

• "Good-night, dear little leaves," he said.

  "It is so nice to go to bed!"

What is the meaning of begged as it is used in line 6?

• whine about something

• ask for something

• to be unhappy

• pout about a decision

By the end of the poem, why do the leaves change their mind?

• They are actually tired.

• They have had enough fun.

• They want to listen to the tree.

• They now like bedtime.

What role does the personification, or human qualities, given to the leaves have in the poem?

• It shows how much the leaves like to play and want to have more fun.

• It shows why the leaves do not want to fall from the tree.

• It shows how the leaves are like children not wanting to go to bed.

• It shows why the tree is so insistent on the leaves falling from its branches.

Read line 19 from the poem.

"But the great Tree did no such thing,"

Based on the poem, the reader can infer that the author means the tree-

• does not believe the leaves

• does not give in about bedtime

• did not like the leaves begging

• is happy about bedtime

How are the stanzas, or groups of lines, in the poem alike?

• They tell the speaker's feelings.

• They have the same number of lines.

• They focus on the importance of bedtime.

• They repeat important words.

Which word or words from the poem help the reader understand the meaning of the word frolicked in line 13?

• great Tree

• clung

• danced

• their way

Read lines 23 through 25 from the poem.

"He shook his head , and far and wide,

Fluttering and rustling everywhere,

Down sped the leaflets through the air."

Why does the author include descriptive language in these lines?

• To show why the leaves decide to go to bed

• To emphasize the point at which the leaves fall

• To tell the reader that the tree shook his head

• To explain how the leaves fall from the tree