Question

"Girls can we educate we dad? and In trying times" (please help!)

1. The dad thinks that ___ must be bad.

A) having a boyfriend
B) telling jokes
C)dancing with boys
D)walking at night

2. The girl thinks that the world is ____.

A)full of danger
B)a free place
C)much too small
D)much too noisy

3. The girl doesn't want to stifle her ___.

A) talent
B) laughter
C)ambition
D) music

4. One startled eye is enough to see ____

A)ditches.
B)trees.
C)beauty.
D)horror.

5. The man's lips are ____

A) knotted.
B) parched.
C) bleeding.
D) sealed.

6. The ____ tree grows in the grove

A) obedient
B) old
C) hard
D) silent

7. All would be ____without his tongue.

A) golden
B) lies
C) useless
D) perfect

8. They begged him to ______

A) dig a ditch
B) dream a dream
C) take a walk
D) cry a tear

Answer 1

"Girls Can We Educate We Dads?" by James Berry

1. The dad thinks that walking at night (D) must be bad.

• The poem states, "a girl walkin night streets mus be bad."

2. The girl thinks that the world is a free place (B).

• The poem states, "He dohn sey, the worlds a free place."

3. The girl doesn't want to stifle her talent (A).

• The poem states, "dohn wahn stifle talent comin on show."

"In Trying Times" by Heberto Padilla

4. One startled eye is enough to see horror (D).

• The poem states, "because to see horror one startled eye is enough."

5. The man's lips are parched (B).

• The poem states, "They asked him for his lips, parched and split."

6. The obedient (A) trees grows in the grove.

• The poem states, "They asked him for the grove that fed him as a child, with it’s obedient tree."

7. All would useless (C) be without his tongue.

• The poem states, "all this gift would be useless , unless he turned his tongue over to them."

8. They begged him to take a walk (C).

• The poem states, "finally they begged him, please, to go take a walk."