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- 1. Multiple Choice
What does "metamorphosed" suggest?
stability
change
sustain
connect
- 2. Poll
Check all that apply. What emotions are mentioned in the poem?
laughter
fear
sadness
fright
frustration
- 3. Multiple Choice
Check that applies
The poem is about
crime and punishment
authority and discipline
tough love and consequence
revenge
- 4. Multiple Choice
What do the terms 'ogre" and "grim giant" allude to?
monsters
entertainment
fairytales
innocence
- 5. Multiple Choice
What could rain be a metaphor for?
weather
tears
sadness
showers
- 6. Multiple Choice
Which of the following is not a theme of the poem?
paternal love
maternal love
authority
grief
- 7. Multiple Choice
This poet's name is
Langston Hughes
Michael Morris
Merle Colllins
Mervyn Morris
- 8. Multiple Choice
This poem is about
a little boy who hates his father
a father who has to teach his son a lesson
a very angry child
a father who hates his son
- 9. Multiple Choice
How old is the child in the poem?
three months
three years
thirteen months
thirteen years
- 10. Multiple Choice
"The ogre that towers above you" in the poem refers to:
the grim giant
Jack and the beanstalk
the grim reaper
the boy's father
- 11. Multiple Choice
Why is the child slapped in the poem?
because he was playing in the rain
because he was laughing
because the father was upset
because he was crying
- 12. Multiple Choice
In the poem, the perspectives of both father and son are presented.
perhaps
No!
true
false
- 13. Multiple Choice
"nor guess the wavering hidden behind that mask" suggests that
the father is a clown
the father's unsure, true feelings are hidden behind the stern look
the father hides his true feelings of anger
the child is hesitant about his father's intentions
- 14. Multiple Choice
The poet uses the words 'ogre', 'giant' and 'colossal' to emphasise:
how angry the father is with his son
how sorry the father is for hitting his son
how big and 'towering' the father appears to his little son
how big and angry the father appears to his little son
- 15. Multiple Choice
One theme in this poem is:
Childhood and Discipline
Parenting and Scolding
Discipline and Hate
Childhood Perceptions and Betrayal
- 16. Multiple Choice
"bright eyes swimming with tears, slashing his bare feet" is an example of
alliteration
imagery
metaphor
onomatopoeia
- 17. Multiple Choice
The use of "colossal cruel" in the poem is an example of what literary device?
alliteration
imagery
metaphor
onomatopoeia
- 18. Multiple Choice
In this poem, there is a contrast presented between:
young children and older children
children and their peers
children and ogres
children and adults
- 19. Multiple Choice
In this poem, an example of Allusion Is:
"The ogre towers above you, that grim giant"
"You mouth contorting in brief spite and hurt"
"or plotting deeper pits to trap him in"
"empty of feeling, a colossal cruel"
- 20. Multiple Choice
What is being alluded to, in the following lines of the poem:
"at last. You hate him, you imagine
chopping clean the tree he's scrambling down
or plotting deeper pits to trap him in"
the child hates his father and wants him dead
the child is so scared of his father
the child is longing for the father's love
the child is seeking revenge for being punished
- 21. Multiple Choice
The poem shows how the father and son respond to the act of discipline. This is shown by:
the child's anger and the father's deep remorse
the child's resentment and the father's deep sadness
the child's remorse and the father's deep resentment
the child's pain and the father's deep remorse
- 22. Multiple Choice
"You must not make a plaything of the rain is:
the theme of the poem
the morale of the poem
the lesson in the poem
the learning in the poem
- 23. Multiple Choice
"bright eyes swimming with tears, slashing his bare feet" is an example of
alliteration
imagery
metaphor
onomatopoeia
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