Eden Rock Quiz

Charles Causley’s poem "Eden Rock" is a ________ poem about the speaker’s parents and the idea of ________.

• reflective, life after death

• joyful, childhood

• sad, loneliness

• humorous, friendship

The speaker describes a memory of his ________ sitting by a stream, waiting for him.

• friends

• parents

• siblings

• teachers

His mother is wearing a ________ and his father has ________ hair.

• red dress, black

• green dress, brown

• blue dress, white

• yellow dress, gray

They have brought a picnic with items such as ________ and ________.

• milk, bread

• tea, cookies

• juice, sandwiches

• coffee, cake

The setting of "Eden Rock" could represent the idea of ________.

• heaven / the afterlife

• a dream

• a vacation

• a festival

The final lines suggest that the speaker is being ________ to join them.

• forced

• called / invited

• ignored

• pushed

The poem possibly hints at ________.

• a new beginning

• a celebration

• death

• a journey