WorksheetsLife Doesn't Frighten Me Quiz
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 19mins
What can be inferred about the poem’s speaker from the author’s use of language?
The speaker is a young girl.
The speaker is a young boy.
The speaker is an adult man.
The speaker is an adult woman.
The meter of the poem “Life Doesn’t Frighten Me” is most suggestive of —
a narrative poem, telling a long story in a direct way
a limerick, describing a brief incident in a humorous way
a nursery rhyme, making a simple statement in a silly way
a haiku, giving a pretty description of something in nature
Read lines 1–2 from the poem. Which two words best describe this setting?
Shadows on the wall
Noises down the hall
Silent
Mysterious
Creepy
Distant
Loud
From which genre does the author borrow the imagery in line 10?
Adventure stories
Fantasy
Historical fiction
Humor
Which lines in the poem describe the act of driving off fear?
Lines 1 - 5
Lines 7 -11
Lines 13 - 20
Lines 33 - 36
Which lines describe the most realistic threat to the poem’s speaker?
Lines 5 - 6
Lines 7 - 8
Lines 28 - 29
Lines 39 - 40
Why are the last two stanzas important to the poem?
They are sad words in a fixed meter, used to warn the reader.
They are silly words in a fixed meter, used to amuse the reader.
They are hair-raising words in varying meters, used to inspire fear.
They are sing-song words in varying meters, used to dismiss fear.
When is the poem’s speaker the most defenseless against fear?
When in a new classroom
When dreaming
When on the ocean floor
When battling lions
Which of these does the poem’s speaker claim as a special source of strength?
Curly hair
A magic charm
Barking dogs
A stranger in the dark
Which two statements describe the poem “Life Doesn’t Frighten Me”?
The poem is about a child’s fear of growing up.
The poem is about a long nightmare.
The poem uses imagery that appeals to sight, sound, and touch.
The poem is constructed entirely of couplets.
The poem’s title is also used as a refrain.
The speaker in the poem confronts fears by ---
screaming at scary things
pulling classmates' hair
smiling and making fun
reading nursery rhymes
Which of these does the poem’s speaker claim as a special source of strength?
curly hair
a magic charm
barking dogs
a stranger in the dark
