Sick

In Line 26, the speaker says, "My temperature is 108". What is he/she trying to say?

• The speaker is sick with a high fever.

• The speaker needs medicine to get better soon.

• The speaker wants to go to school.

Which line from the poem shows imagery?

• Line 30

  "What's that? What's that you say?"

• Line 33

  There is no line 33.

• Line 1

  "I cannot go to school today."

• Line 7

  "My tonsils are as big as rocks."

Read line 26. What is the speaker trying to say? (Inference = clues in your text + your knowledge)

• The speaker is sick with a high fever

• The speaker needs medicine to get better soon

• The speaker wants to go to school

After reading the last stanza, the reader can conclude (Inference/Draw Conclusions)

• The speaker does not feel well and needs medicine.

• The speaker was pretending to be sick in order to miss a day of school.

• The speaker is happy to miss a day of school.

• The speaker is starting to feel sick and has to miss school.

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

• The speaker realized that there was no school that day.

• The speaker realized that his back and feet were hurting.

• The speaker was pretending to be sick when he actually was really sick.

• The speaker will get in a lot of trouble for lying.

Which line from the poem shows imagery (makes you sense/feel what is going on)

• Line 30

• Line 33

• Line 1

• Line 7

Which line suggests that the speaker is not sincere?

• I cough and sneeze and gasp and choke (line 13)

• My nose is cold, my toes are numb (line 19)

• There is a hole inside my ear (line 28)

• G'bye, I'm going out to play (line 32)

In line 10, the expression "my face looks green" means-

• the speaker applied green make up to her face

• the speaker feels nauseous

• the speaker is jealous

• the speaker feels hot and feverish

The author of the poem is

• Shel Silverstein

• Ruskin bond

• Enid Blyton

• None of them

What is the meaning of the word 'sick' in the context of feeling unwell?

• A) Healthy

• B) Ill

• C) Energetic

• D) Happy