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If I could Fly

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 3hrs 30mins

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Class
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1.

What is the MAIN idea of this poem?

a)

being able to fly and explore the world would be wonderful.

b)

Birds are found everywhere.

c)

The world has many different places.

d)

Birds have freedom to go anyplace they want.

2.

How does the speaker develop this poem?

a)

by describing the different places she would go

b)

by comparing the desert and the rainforest

c)

by making a list of the oceans she sees

d)

by telling the games she likes to play

3.

How does the setting change from the beginning of the poem to the end?

a)

It begins at the ocean and ends at home.

b)

It begins in the desert and ends in the desert.

c)

it begins at home and ends in the frozen north.

d)

it begins in mountains and ends in the rain-forest.

4.

by telling the poem from her own point of view, the speaker in this poem helps the reader understand...

a)

where hse is speaking from.

b)

whom she wants to meet.

c)

why she wants to fly

d)

how she flies

5.

I would explore distant lands

And mountains that touch the sky.


What does mountains that touch the sky mean in there lines?

a)

The mountains are very tall.

b)

The mountains are like people.

c)

The mountains have no clouds above.

d)

The mountains are the color of the sky.

6.

First I'd fly to far-flung shores,

To feel what it's like to be free.

I would float on waves, dive for food,

And wink at the whales I see.


Why does the poet use alliteration in this stanza?

a)

To make the words rhyme

b)

to compare two different things

c)

to make the verse more fun to read

d)

to sound like the meaning of the words

7.

What text evidence tells how the speaker feels about flying?

a)

if i had wings like a bird,

b)

to feel what it's like to be free

c)

I'd laugh at monkeys in the trees.

d)

I might chase a snake or rabbit,

8.

After all this flying I;m tired,

I need sleep and rest.

Where should I lay my weary head?

Which location is best?


What is the root word of location?

a)

action

b)

cat

c)

locate

d)

local

9.

But I don't have wings after all,

I'm anchored to the ground.


What does anchored mean in the lines above?

a)

held firmly

b)

buried deep

c)

feeling at home

d)

floating on the water

10.

What happens at the end of the poem?

a)

The speaker goes to sleep.

b)

the speaker becomes a real bird.

c)

The speaker catches a rabbit in the desert.

d)

The speaker makes friends with a snowy owl.