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Mr. B. poetry inference and text evidence

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

In disappearing memories,

lingers time.

That place where tickling of clock

shows its shadows.


Trips to grandchild fade

as distance limits passage.

Feet no more walk in park

where snow drifts on benches white.


Where do those memories go,

when mind is tired,

trying to embrace old age?

Who is the speaker?

a)

Child

b)

Parent

c)

Grandparent

d)

a ghost

2.

There was a History teacher that didn't

dress for their time. They'd walk in with a hint

dressed in fashion for the days

of that period and phase.

Students learned, always did win A's in print.


How did the student feel about the teacher?

a)

Looked sharp

b)

Dressed up all the time.

c)

Seemed out of place.

d)

Looked like he was dressed in the time period he would talk about.

3.

Broken,

1 Pieces scattered on the ground

2 Shattered little fragments,

3 Crushed without a sound

4 People walk all over them,

5 Grind them into dust

6 Blow around, forgotten,

7 Swept away in a gust..


Which line helps you to know the speaker feels ignored or overlooked?

a)

2

b)

3

c)

4

d)

5

4.

Eyes roll

like marbles

around the room

teens protest out of touch

grown-ups...


Which popular phrase fits this poem?

a)

LOL

b)

OMG

c)

Really!!!!!!!!!

d)

CYS

5.

I loved you

You were such a beauty

I had no clue

This love was not for eternity

'coz I clung on you like glue

Thinking we had a bond

Soon you went for the next blonde

Your love to me was a blink

Just like the stars in the sky

I realized later

This was just teen love.


We can infer about the poem that the speaker has?

a)

Has many boyfriends.

b)

Is a cheater.

c)

Learned a hard useful lesson.

d)

Never wants to be in love again.

6.

Am I wrong,

Or has the world went upside down.

What happened to all? I wonder.


While I said "hello" to my bestie,

He replied "hi" through messenger.

What happened to him? I wonder


I asked my brother to go for an evening stroll,

I will accompany you on my cycle was his answer.

What happened to him? I wonder.


While I told my old colleague "I wanna catch up with you",

We will have a video chat session was his reply.

What happened to him? I wonder.


Is it me or is it the world around me

Has the world went upside down

Or it might be me, thinking downside up.


What can we not infer about the speaker from the poem?

a)

That the speaker is confused.

b)

That the speaker is asking a lot of questions.

c)

That the speaker is a female.

d)

That the speaker feels they are the only ones wrong in the world.

7.

I'm nobody! Who are you?

Are you nobody, too?

Then there's a pair of us -- don't tell!

They'd advertise -- you know!


How dreary to be somebody!

How public like a frog

To tell one's name the livelong day

To an admiring bog!


What feelings is the poem expressing?

a)

loneliness

b)

silliness

c)

importance

d)

supremacy

8.

1 The power of a gun can kill

2 and the power of fire can burn

3 the power of wind can chill

4 and the power of a mind can learn

5 the power of anger can rage

6 inside until it tears u apart

7 but the power of a smile

8 especially yours can heal a frozen heart


Which line from the poem identifies the poem is about Hope?

a)

5

b)

6

c)

7

d)

8

9.

Did you hear about the rose that grew

from a crack in the concrete?

Proving nature's law is wrong it

learned to walk with out having feet.


Funny it seems, but by keeping it's dreams,

it learned to breathe fresh air.


Long live the rose that grew from concrete

when no one else ever cared.


What is the theme of this poem?

a)

Your future is yours to control.

b)

Your future depends on where you live.

c)

Your future is determined for you.

d)

We cannot change our future.

10.

excuse me but Lady Liberty needs glasses

and so does Mrs. Justice by her side

both the broads r blind as bats

stumbling thru the system

justice bumbled into Mutulu and

trippin on Geronimo Pratt

but stepped right over Oliver

and his crooked partner Ronnie

justice stubbed her big toe on Mandela

and liberty was misquoted by the Indians

slavery was a learning phase

forgotten with out a verdict

while justice is on a rampage

4 endangered surviving black males

I mean really if anyone really valued life

and cared about the masses

they'd take 'em both 2 pen optical

and get 2 pair of glasses


The speaker of the poem has a problem with the government which line does not infer this?

a)

both the broads r blind as bats

b)

justice stubbed her big toe on Mandela

c)

they'd take 'em both 2 pen optical

d)

and his crooked partner Ronnie