The Echoing Green Poem

In the poem, "The Echoing Green", what arises at the beginning of the poem and descends at the end?

• the sun
• a bell
• a bird
• an oak tree

What is the setting of the poem "The Echoing Green"?

• a bush where birds live
• the nest of a bird
• the home of Old John
• the echoing Green

Reread the 2nd stanza of "The Echoing Green".
Old John, with white hair,
Does laugh away care,
Sitting under the oak,
Among the old folk.
They laugh at our play,
And soon they all say,
"Such, such were the joys
When we all--girls and boys--
In our youth-time were seen
On the echoing Green."
What can you infer from this stanza about Old John?

• Old John spends most of his time worrying.
• Old John used to play on the echoing Green.
• Old John likes being an old man more than he liked being a boy.
• Old John does not get along well with the other old folk.

Who or what are "the little ones" in line 21 of "The Echoing Green"?

• mothers
• old folk
• young birds
• boys and girls

What is the theme of "The Echoing Green"?

• the power of dreams
• the importance of hard work
• the joy of playing outdoors
• the disappointments of old age

Whom does "our' refer to in line 15 of "The Echoing Green"?

• the old folks sitting together under an oak tree
• the mothers around whose laps many sisters and brothers gather
• the people who ring merry bells to welcome the spring
• the boys and girls playing on the echoing Green