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SPM Poems Revision

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 7mins

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Class
Date
1.

What does the rag-doll symbolise?

a)

cuteness

b)

happiness

c)

freedom

d)

childhood

2.

Which line gives you evidence of how Lulu left her house?

a)

'What has happened to Lu?'

b)

'The curtain flapping free'

c)

'Why is her window wide, mother'

d)

'And now I ask you why, mother,'

3.

The persona heard things in the night, except ...

a)

Voices

b)

An engine roaring

c)

Somebody crying

d)

A gust of rain

4.

Which line tells you the mother is very confused?

a)

And why do you crumple the note on the fire

b)

Why do wander about as though/you don't know what to do?

c)

Why do you turn your head, mother?

d)

Why do you tell me the things I heard/Were a dream and nothing more?

5.

These are the best ways for parents and children to have a good relationship except

a)

Parents can control everything the children do

b)

Parents can take children for a holiday

c)

Parents can talk to children about problems

d)

Parents can spend time with children with activities

6.

The Poison Tree refers to

a)

a tree which grew from a seed

b)

a tree the persona grows for its fruit

c)

a tree formed out of the persona's anger with his friend

d)

a tree formed out of the persona's anger with his foe

7.

In Stanza 2, why does the persona smile with soft deceitful wiles?

a)

He is being nice

b)

He pretends to like his enemy

c)

He does not like to fight

d)

He cares for his enemy

8.

What does the word 'it' in line 1 of Stanza 2 refer to?

a)

The persona's disappointment

b)

The persona's happiness

c)

The persona's arrogance

d)

The persona's anger

9.

What phrase in Stanza 2, tells us that the persona thought about his anger constantly?

a)

The phrase 'watered it in fears'

b)

The phrase 'sun it with smiles'

c)

The phrase 'night and morning'

d)

The phrase 'soft deceitful wiles'

10.

When the persona finds his enemy dead in his garden, he was

a)

remorseful

b)

surprised

c)

relieved

d)

glad

11.

Which line in Stanza 1 shows us that the grandmother is a warm-hearted person?

a)

'a kind, old smile round her eyes.'

b)

'Her big hand holds mine,'

c)

'white hand in black hand.'

d)

'Her sharp blue eyes look her own death in the eys.'

12.

In Stanza 1, why do you think the grandmother looks tall in the picture?

a)

She is a tall person

b)

She leans against the wall

c)

She is still healthy and has a straight back

d)

She is standing next to a shorter person

13.

In Stanza 2, what do the last two lines tell us?

a)

The grandmother has died

b)

She has forgotten the grandmother

c)

She still remembers the grandmother

d)

The grandmother has gone somewhere

14.

It was true after all, 'that look'. 'that' refers to

a)

Grandma's death

b)

Grandma's eyes

c)

Grandma's grave

d)

Grandma's grand-daughter

15.

What do you think the persona mean in lines,

" But there she is still,

In the photo with me at three,' ?

a)

Her grandmother is always alive in the photo

b)

She is missing the moment when the photo was taken

c)

Her grandmother died when the persona was three years old

d)

Her grandmother di not die

16.

Which word in Stanza 1 mean 'attack'?

a)

blundered

b)

league

c)

boldly

d)

charge

17.

Which line indicates that the order given was a serious mistake?

a)

Theirs not to reason why

b)

Forward the Light Brigade

c)

Boldly they rode and well

d)

Someone had blundered

18.

In Stanza 2, someone asked if 'there was a man dismayed'. Below are some words that reflect the word dismayed except

a)

alarmed

b)

upset

c)

pleased

d)

discouraged

19.

Describe the personalities of the soldiers.

(You may choose more than one answer)

a)

Brave

b)

Clumsy

c)

Cunning

d)

Loyal

20.

Which line in the poem indicates that the soldiers are moving towards their doom?

a)

Half a league onwards

b)

Into the valley of Death

c)

Cannon in front of them

d)

Forward, the Light Brigade