Mending Wall by Robert Frost

What is the question the narrator asks his neighbor in the poem? [use the exact words from poem]

• Are walls really needed?

• Why do they make good neighbours?

• Why do we need walls?

• Are walls really important?

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What does the neighbor reply when Frost asks why they need a wall?

• "I will not go behind my father's saying."

• "Walls make for perfect neighbours."

• "Good fences make good neighbours."

• "Walls are needed to keep the peace."

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At what time of year do the neighbors mend the wall?

• Fall

• Winter

• Summer

• Spring

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Why does Robert Frost insist that they do not need a wall?

• The hunters destroy walls.

• Robert Frost has a spell to make the stones balance.

• "Good fences make good neighbors."

• His apple trees will never cross or eat the neighbor's pines.

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How does the title “Mending Wall” convey the theme of the piece?

• The wall brings the two men together or tries to mend their relationship

• The wall is responsible for the two men being the best of friends.

• The men are both responsible for fixing the wall they share between properties.

• While mending the wall every year the two men have a pleasant conversation.

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What does the punctuation in this line from “Mending Wall” tell the reader about Robert Frost: “One on a side. It comes to little more:”

• He is using structure to portray his message of a wall.

• He represents the "something there is that doesn't love a wall."

• He is not very good at grammar.

• He really believed "good fences make good neighbors."

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Frost describes his neighbor as...

• a traditional kind of man

• an ignorant man

• a wise old man

• old-stone savage armed

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do they make good neighbours?" In this question, they refers to...

• fences

• elves

• fathers

• hunters

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Reread lines 1-11. At this point in the poem, what is the conflict?

• the speaker is struggling to tear down his stone wall.

• unknown forces are causing the speaker's stone wall to fall apart.

• the speaker is bothered by the hunters looking for rabbits.

• the speaker is concerned that his property is poorly made and cared for.

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According to lines 11-20, how does the speaker interact with his neighbor?

• He demands that his neighbor rebuilds his side of the wall.

• He works with, but much harder than, his neighbor.

• He despises his neighbor and hopes he injures himself.

• He works calmly with his neighbor to rebuild the wall.

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