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Night Clouds Poem

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Tristan tried his ________ to pass his driver's test, but he failed on parallel parking.

a)

utmost

b)

mare

c)

porcelain

d)

vermilion

2.

Mr. Posner bought the filly because he knew she would be a good racehorse when she became a(n)

a)

mare

b)

remote

c)

utmost

d)

vermilion

3.

As a Peace Corps volunteer, Celia taught English in a(n) __________ Tunisian village.

a)

remote

b)

mare

c)

vermilion

d)

utmost

4.

For Christmas, Mrs. Anderson set the table with her best __________ china.

a)

porcelain

b)

utmost

c)

vermilion

d)

mare

5.

The makeup artist painted a(n) __________ wound on the actor's forehead.

a)

vermilion

b)

mare

c)

remote

d)

utmost

6.

Why does the poet extend her metaphor of the clouds as white mares?

a)

The power and beauty of the horses.

b)

To paint an overall picture of the night sky.

c)

To suggest wind blowing the clouds across the sky.

d)

The white mares.

7.

Why are the white mares described as "moving?"

a)

To suggest wind blowing the clouds across the sky

b)

The show the power and beauty of horses

c)

To work their hardest so they won't be destroyed.

d)

They are trying to come back down to the ground

8.

Who scatters the "milky dust of stars?"

a)

The white mares

b)

The tiger sun

c)

The speaker

d)

Gabe

9.

What does the speaker urge the mares to do?

a)

To work their hardest so they won't be destroyed.

b)

The power and beauty of horses

c)

To suggest wind blowing the clouds across the night sky.

10.

"Beating their golden hoofs upon the glass Heavens" is an example of what type of imagery?

a)

Sight

b)

Sound

c)

Touch

d)

Taste