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Nothing Gold Can Stay 2025-2026

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What according to nature is gold?
a)
Its first gold
b)
Its first green
c)
Its last green
d)
Early leaves
2.
The name of the poet is _________
a)
William Wordsworth
b)
Robert Frost
c)
Rabindranath Tagore
d)
John Keats
3.

The antonym for dawn is _____

a)

dusk

b)

morning

c)

sun rise

d)

night

4.
What is the theme of the poem?
a)
Nature's beauty is its flowers
b)
Nothing precious stays for ever
c)
Everything subsides immediately
d)
Hold on to life as long as you can
5.
Who is the poet referring to when he says, "Her hardest hue to hold. Her early leaf’s a flower"
a)
Johnny's mum
b)
Mother Nature
c)
Ponyboy's mum
d)
Eden
6.
"Nature's first green" refers to
a)
summer
b)
leaves
c)
spring
d)
grass
7.
Hue means...
a)
shape
b)
size
c)
color
d)
time
8.
Eden is a reference to
a)
paradise
b)
the sun
c)
a bad place 
d)
the author's home
9.

In the book, the poem is first recited

a)

by Johnny, in the lot-

b)

by Dally, at school

c)

by Ponyboy, in the church

d)

by Darry, at the funeral

10.
"So Eden sank to grief." What allusion is being made here?
a)
The Garden of Eden
b)
Heaven's Gate
c)
Adam and Eve
d)
The novel "East of Eden"
11.
"Her early leaf's a flower" is an example of
a)
irony
b)
simile
c)
metaphor
d)
hyperbole
12.
"But only so an hour" means
(think about what it means non-literally)
a)
leaves only live for an hour
b)
some change happens quickly
c)
flowers only live for an hour
d)
it is only spring for an hour
13.
What book does this poem appear in?
a)
"Nothing Gold Can Stay"
b)
"Tangerine"
c)
"The Outsiders"
d)
"The Catcher in the Rye"
14.
In line 5, what does the word "subsides" mean?
a)
To increase and make bigger
b)
To strip someone of their dignity
c)
To become less intense, violent, or severe
d)
To lack sympathy towards others
15.
"Her hardest hue to hold." What figurative language technique is being used here?
a)
Personification
b)
Metaphor
c)
Simile
d)

Alliteration

16.
"But only so an hour" means
(think about what it means non-literally)
a)
leaves only live for an hour
b)
some change happens quickly
c)
flowers only live for an hour
d)
it is only spring for an hour
17.

An allusion is when a writer talks about or mentions a famous person, place, event,etc. in their own story, poem, etc. What two allusions are made in chapter 5?

a)

Gone with the Wind

b)

" Nothing Gold Can Stay"

c)

Rock Springs Middle School

d)

George Washington

18.

How does the allusion of Gone with the Wind contribute to the story?

a)

It contributes to the text because it helps illustrate the level of respect and worship Johnny has for Ponyboy.

b)

It contributes to the text because it helps illustrate the level of respect and worship Johnny has for Bob.

c)

It contributes to the text because it helps illustrate the level of respect and worship Johnny has for Darry.

d)

It contributes to the text because it helps illustrate the level of respect and worship Johnny has for Dally.