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- 1. Multiple Choice
What is the main message of this poem?
Sometimes it rains when you feel bad
Good friends are hard to replace
Tthe month of September could last forever
Having fun is a lot of work.
- 2. Multiple Choice
Which statement best describes how the poet uses rhyme in each stanza of the poem?
The poem has no rhyming pattern.
The first and third lines rhyme, and the second and fourth lines rhyme.
Only the first and third lines rhyme.
The first and second lines rhyme, and the third and fourth lines rhyme.
- 3. Open Ended
What can the reader infer about how the speaker is feeling throughout the poem? Be sure to use evidence from the text to support your answer.
- 4. Multiple Choice
In stanza 1 of the poem, what does the word grouchy mean?
Grumpy
Happy
Funny
Bright
- 5. Multiple Choice
Which of these statements describes an element of the poem?
All of the lines have the same number of words.
Most of the lines have the same meter.
Each stanza introduces a new character.
Each stanza solves a different problem.
- 6. Multiple Choice
Which statement correctly describes a way that stanzas 1-4 are similar?
Each stanza introduces a new reason why Hanna should’ve stayed
Each stanza offers interesting facts about Hanna.
Each stanza highlights the speaker’s feelings after Hanna moved
J Each stanza describes delicious desserts that the speaker and Hanna ate.
- 7. Multiple Choice
Read this dictionary entry.
Prune \proon\
1. Cut or trim
2. Reduce or remove unwanted parts
3. An unpleasant person
4. A dried and bitter plum
Which definition of prune is used in stanza 2?
Meaning 1
Meaning 2
Meaning 3
Meaning 4
- 8. Multiple Choice
Why is stanza 1 (lines 1-4) important to the poem?
It asks the reader important questions
It identifies a major shift in tone.
It describes the setting.
It introduces the speaker’s problem.
- 9. Multiple Choice
Read lines 6 and 7 from the poem.
December’scome to stay.
They’ve taken back the Mays and Junes
These lines emphasize that the speaker most likely feels —How does the speaker feel in lines 6 & 7 of the poem?
pleased to miss summer activities
cold in the absence of a friend
surprised to miss two months from the calendar
cold because it is winter
- 10. Multiple Choice
The title is repeated throughout the poem to emphasize —
the speaker’s desire for her friend to move away
the reason why the speaker feels lonely
the setting of the poem
what happens when someone moves away
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