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Oh, The Places You'll Go

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the definition of the word steer in line 3?

a)

guide

b)

cow

c)

advice

d)

follow

2.

Look at the dictionary definitions for the word care.


1) protecting someones health

2) feeling of concern

3) to avoid damage or a risk

4) to look after someone


Which definition best fits the way care is used in line 14?

a)

Definition 1

b)

Definition 2

c)

Definition 3

d)

Definition 4

3.

Use the following excerpt from the passage to answer the following question.


Life's A Great Balancing Act


The poet uses imagery in this line to show what?

a)

Life is hard and miserable

b)

Life is a series of give and take

c)

Life is easy and carefree

d)

Life is a series of events

4.

In lines 11-12 the poet says "You'll get mixed you with many strange birds as you go" what does the idiom strange birds really mean?

a)

funny looking birds

b)

interesting birds

c)

plain people

d)

interesting people

5.

What is the theme of this poem?

a)

You are in charge of your own success.

b)

Life happens and you can't change it.

c)

Success only comes from working hard.

d)

Life is always sunshine and roses.

6.

What is the point of view of this poem?

a)

1st person

b)

2nd person

c)

3rd person omniscient

d)

3rd person limited

7.

Why does the poet capitalize the word YOU in line 7?

a)

he wanted to because it's his style

b)

to emphasize you(the reader) is in charge of your future

c)

to emphasize the speaker is in charge of your future

d)

to show the importance of the word you

8.

What does the poet mean by the last two lines of the poem?

a)

the reader can pick up a mountain and move it

b)

the reader can conquer any mountain

c)

the reader will do amazing things

d)

the reader will push a mountain and move it

9.

How does the picture above the poem helps the reader to?

a)

know what the speaker of the poem looks like

b)

know what the subject of the speaker looks like

c)

know what the reader of the poem looks like

d)

know what Dr. Seuss(the author) looks like

10.

The poet uses author's voice by?

a)

using rhyme to create a rhythm or flow to the poem

b)

using strong vocabulary words in the poem

c)

using a variety of punctuation at the end of each sentence

d)

using numbers and words to express the poems main idea