Poetry Quiz - Assorted Poems

1. How many stanzas are in the poem?

• 6
• 7
• 8
• 9

2. Does the poem have a rhyme scheme (or pattern) that follows throughout the poem?

• yes
• no

3. Where did you look in the poem to determine if it had a rhyming pattern?

• The beginning of each line
• The ending of each line

4. What is the subject, or topic, of the poem?

• bats
• mosquitos
• farmers

5. What stanza from the poem gives the author's opinion about the subject?

• "On a warm, summer night from towns east to west/The mosquitos will bite without stopping to rest."
• "The farmer is pleased because bats are hi pride/They prove much better than a pesticide."
• "Echolocation is a bats way/Of sending out echoes that bounce off its prey.

6. What is the rhyme scheme for the 1st stanza of the poem "Snowball"?

• ABAB
• ABCB
• ABCD

7. 7. Does the rhyme scheme continue into the 2nd stanza of the poem?

• Yes

• No

8. Read line 26 (the 2nd line in the 4th stanza). What is the speaker trying to say in this line?

• The speaker is sick with a high fever.
• The speaker needs medicine to get better soon.
• The speaker wants to go to school.

9. What does the speaker realize at the end of the poem?

• The speaker realized there was no school that day.
• The speaker realized that his back and feet were hurting.
• The speaker will get into a lot of trouble for lying.

10. The reader can conclude that the main character of the poem -

• dislikes getting sick and staying in bed all day
• does not want to miss school
• does not enjoy school and wants to stay home