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- 1. Multiple Choice
1. Read these lines from the poem.
Muscles flexing, sinew pulling,
Working up a sweat.
These folks will be exhausted,
Of that you sure can bet.
Which word best fits the way exhausted is used in this poem?
Excited
Surprised
Tired
Worried
- 2. Multiple Choice
Which group of words from the poem best shows that the tug-of-war contest can take a while to find out which team wins?
Grab hold and tug, tug back.
A war they soon will fight.
And carry on til night.
Of that you sure can bet.
- 3. Multiple Choice
Which of these lines from the poem rhyme?
Lines 1 and 4
Lines 2 and 5
Lines 9 and 11
Lines 14 and 16
- 4. Multiple Choice
What type of poetry is this poem?
Free Verse
Humorous
Lyrical
Narrative
- 5. Multiple Choice
Read this line from the poem.
They might just pull and huff and puff,
The poet uses this line to show
that the teams in the game of tug-of-war have fun.
that the game of tug-of-war is hard work for the teams.
how badly the teams want to win the tug-of-war.
how nervous the tug-of-war game can make the teams.
- 6. Multiple Choice
The author most likely uses the picture to help support the idea of
how tug-of-war team members work together to beat the other team.
how many boys and girls are on a tug-of-war team.
the kinds of shoes worn by members of a tug-of-war team
where teams go to have a tug-of-war contest.
- 7. Multiple Choice
Read these lines from the poem.
They might just pull and huff and puff,
8 And carry on ‘til night.
Muscles flexing, sinew pulling,
Working up a sweat.
These folks will be exhausted,
12 Of that you sure can bet.
These lines best support the idea of
why the two teams battle in the contest.
the way to win a tug-of-war
why there are two teams in the tug-of-war
the struggle both sides have in the contest.
- 8. Multiple Choice
Lines 13 through 16 are important to the poem because they show that the tug-of-war contest
includes friends and enemies.
is always held outside.
has winners and losers.
needs lots of room.
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