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Poems in the Attic

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the story MOSTLY about?

a)

a girl who learns how to write poems

b)

a girl who learns about her mother’s life

c)

a girl who wants to move to another place

d)

a girl who uses her mother’s writing for a gift

2.

Why does the girl’s mother write poems?

a)

because she wants to become an author

b)

because she wants to remember special times

c)

because she wants to read them to her friends

d)

because she wants to tell facts about her hometown

3.

The story says that the girl’s mother had a childhood on wings. Why does the author use these words to tell about the mother’s childhood?

a)

She lived in many different places.

b)

She was very busy most of the time.

c)

She enjoyed learning about airplanes.

d)

She was always dreaming about things.

4.

Why are some of the poems in italics?

a)

to show that they are very old

b)

to show that they are very important

c)

to show that the girl’s mother wrote them

d)

to show that the girl’s mother liked them best

5.

What happens at the end of the story?

a)

The girl makes artwork.

b)

The girl gets a new book.

c)

The girl reads poems to her mother.

d)

The girl writes poems for her mother.

6.

If you ______________ things, you placed them on top of other things.

a)

stacked

b)

flitting

c)

mound

d)

leave

7.

When you ________________, you climb quickly using your hands and feet.

a)

clamber

b)

breathless

c)

shuffled

d)

stacked

8.

A ________________ is a hill or pile.

a)

mound

b)

clamber

c)

leave

d)

adventures

9.

If you are ________________, you are moving quickly from place to place.

a)

flitting

b)

clamber

c)

adventures

d)

breathless

10.

If you ______________, you walked slowly and dragged your feet.

a)

shuffled

b)

clamber

c)

leave

d)

stacked

11.

If you are __________________, you have a hard time catching your breath.

a)

breathless

b)

adventures

c)

mound

d)

leave

12.

A ___________________ is a time away from work.

a)

leave

b)

mound

c)

adventures

d)

flitting

13.

________________________ are exciting experiences.

a)

Adventures

b)

Clamber

c)

Flitting

d)

Leave

14.

The author of the story is (a)   .

15.

The illustrator of the story is (a)   .