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- 1. Multiple ChoiceWhy does the speaker of the poem make a list: "Bad dogs, Big ghosts, mean Old Mother Goose, Lions on the loose"?to help us laughto help us understand her ageto help us think of bad thingsto help us make our own list of fears
- 2. Multiple ChoiceWhy does the speaker repeat the refrain "life doesn't frighten me at all"?The speaker couldn't think of anything else to writeTo make it rhymeTo make the poem scarierTo emphasize the speakers point
- 3. Multiple ChoiceWhat attitude can you infer about the speaker?The speaker is happyThe speaker is confidentThe speaker is lonelyThe speaker is worried
- 4. Multiple ChoiceHow are the details in lines 28 - 32 different from those in stanzas (verses) 1 - 4?She is growing up and has different experiencesThere may be a new kid at schoolThe other verses are very general experiences, this one is specific to being new to a schoolNone of the other things that were mentioned in stanzas 1-4 were really that scary
- 5. Multiple ChoiceWhy is "Kissy little girls/with their hair in curls" in lines 30 - 31 in parentheses?Maybe she is quoting what the boys said when they pulled her hairMaybe they didn't say it very loudlyMaybe they didn't really mean itMaybe they didn't want the teacher to hear it
- 6. Multiple ChoiceWhat can you infer about the speaker's reaction to the boys in her class?She thinks they are unkindShe won't let them scare herShe thinks they are afraid of snakesShe thinks she might scream
- 7. Multiple ChoiceAnalyze what the speaker means in lines 37 - 40, when she says she has a "magic charm" that she "keeps up her sleeve."She has a secret solution to her problemShe likes to play cardsShe keeps a lucky clover leaf near byShe has a friend who knows magic
- 8. Multiple ChoiceHow does the poem's final stanza differ from the ones before it?This stanza is different because it doesn't make a listThis stanza is emphasizing the word "all"This stanza shows that the speaker was frustrated and ran out of words.This stanza emphasizes the point of the whole poem
- 9. Multiple ChoiceWhat stereotype is the speaker referring to in lines 33 and 34?All girls are afraid of frogs and snakesScreaming is a good thingAll girls are afraid of bad dreamsAll boys like frogs and snakes
- 10. Multiple ChoiceWhich line shows how very determined the speaker is to never show fear?Lines 25 - 26Lines 15 - 16Lines 7 - 8Lines 39 - 40
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