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- 1. Multiple Choice
What does the author mean,
"Water rolls
onto the shore
under the sun, under the moon."
The water goes away.
The water shines.
The water moves all of the time.
- 2. Multiple Choice
What does the author mean in this stanza,
Slow into rivers,
water slithers, and snakes
through silent canyons at twilight and dawn.
Water moves slowly.
There are snakes in the water.
Day and night.
- 3. Multiple Choice
What does the author mean in this stanza?
Down smooth canals,
water streams, water slides,
gliding up roots of tulips and corn.
Water moves through the canal.
The roots of the plants are getting water like they were straws.
The water is nice to look at.
- 4. Multiple Choice
What do people use to get water from the well?
A can
A bucket
Rope
- 5. Multiple Choice
What does "quenches our thirst" mean?
To eat a snack.
To take a tiny sip of water.
When you are super thirsty and you get a drink of water.
- 6. Multiple Choice
What does "bare trees" mean?
To have lots of leaves.
To have no leaves.
To be a dead tree.
- 7. Multiple Choice
What sensory image do you get when you read....
"water plunges....
water races through branches"
To move slowly
To move quickly
To crawl
- 8. Multiple Choice
Why do you think there are so many people around the reservoir?
Because there is a lot of water in the desert.
Because water is glistening.
Because there is NOT a lot water in the desert and they have to live close to the reservoirs to live.
- 9. Multiple Choice
What is the poem mostly about?
How water sounds.
How water changes.
Where water is stored.
- 10. Multiple Choice
Where is the setting at the beginning of the poem?
In the wells.
In the streets.
On the shore.
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