Poem Analysis Quiz

What color is the sun described as in the poem?

• Blue

• Green

• Blood-red orange

• Yellow

What do the last two stanza in the poem describe?

• how the sun is in winter

• why the speaker wants to go outside

• what the fire feels like inside

• what it is like when the speaker goes outside.

Read the stanza from the poem.

What can you conclude based on these lines?

• There is less daylight in winter.

• The sun is brighter in the winter.

• There is more daylight in the winter.

• The author is a sleepy head.

According to the poem, why does the child most likely get wrapped in a comforter and cap?

• The child likes wearing a cap.

• It is cold outside.

• The child is getting ready for bed.

• The child is sick and needs another blanket.

What is the poem mostly about?

• a sick child in winter

• what a child does at school in the winter

• a child's experience during winter

• how to ride a reindeer sled in the snow

What items are frosted like a wedding-cake in the poem?

• The sky

• The river

• Tree and house, and hill and lake

• The road

What description does the author use to describe the sun?

• jolly

• blood-red orange

• frosted like a wedding cake

• shivering

According to the poem, what does the word shivering mean?

• dark and silent

• cold and wet

• early in the morning

• shaking uncontrolably

Choose the answer that best completes the sentence.

The child wore a comforter and cap outdoors _________ the child wanted to be warm.

• although

• but

• because

• so

According to the poem, what does the child explore outdoors?

• a snowglobe

• a sled

• an igloo

• a snow tube