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After the Hurricane & Watcher

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What type of poem is "After the Hurricane"?

a)

Free verse

b)

Traditional

c)

Narrative

d)

Hyku

2.

Who is the speaker of the poem "After the Hurricane"?

a)

King

b)

Jasper

c)

Fredericka

3.

How does Fredericka feel when she sees the film crew?

a)

Angry

b)

Happy

c)

Confused

d)

Guilt

4.

Thinking of poetic form, why does the poet group all of the walking people together in one big stanza? Lines 102-114p

a)

To show how organized the group was.

b)

To show how hungry and tired the people were.

c)

To show that the hurricane effected every type of person.

d)

To show that the band was cheering the group on.

5.

This is the author's attitude towards his or her subject

a)

Tone

b)

Mood

c)

Form

d)

Repetition

6.

The poem "Watcher" is an example of

a)

Free Verse

b)

Traditional Form

c)

Hyku

d)

Rhythm

7.

Why does the narrator’s brother, in the poem "Watcher" take a job as a watcher?

a)

He had a job as a watcher before the hurricane, so he went back to it.

b)

The electricity was out, so he could not return to his old job.

c)

There was no other work available after the hurricane.

d)

He was tired of sitting around doing nothing after the hurricane.

8.

"Jamie read a book by the babbling brook" is an example of

a)

Alliteration

b)

Similie

c)

Repetition

d)

Rhyme

9.

The repetition of sounds at the end of words is called ______(Example: cat, hat, bat)

a)

Repetition

b)

Rhyme

c)

Form

d)

Alliteration

10.

Free verse is a form of poetry...

a)

with no regular patterns of rhyme, rhythm, or line length.

b)

that follows fixed rules, such as certain number of lines, a rhyme scheme, and a definite structure.