The sparrow

How do birds respond to humans?

• scare human beings

• annoy human beings

• sooth human beings

• imitate human beings

How do humans responds to the birds?

• They stop and listen to the birds.

• They chase the bird away.

• They sing the bird's praises.

• They ignore the birds.

What does the bird represent?

• nature's gift to human body

• humans' commitment to work

• the trails and burdens of human life

• the animal friends that humans love and lose

Which line best illustrates that the birds are nature's gift to human beings?

• A little bird with plumage brown,/Beside my window flutters down.

• A moment chirps with little strain,/Ten taps upon my windows pane,

• So birds of peace and hope and love/Come fluttering earthward from above

• But we, in traffic's rush and din/Too deep engaged to let them in

What is the main feeling expressed by the speaker in "The Sparrow"?

• joy

• fear

• regret

• confusion

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Which line from "The Sparrow" best illustrates the feeling of regret?

• A moment chirps its little strain

• To settle on life's window-sills

• But we, in traffic's rush and din

• Nor know our loss till they are gone

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"The Sparrow" consists of two stanzas. Which statement most accurately explains what the speaker shares in each stanza?

• The first stanza describes a human experience: the second stanza describes a natural experience.

• The first stanza describes a personal experience; the second stanza describes a general human experience.

• The first stanza sets the scene and describes the characters; the second stanza tells what happens to the characters.

• The first stanza shows the speaker making a mistake, the second stanza shows the speaker correcting the mistake.

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In "The Sparrow", a bird chirps its little strain." What is the effect of the word chirps?

• It creates a happy, upbeat mood.

• It creates a sense of discomfort.

• It creates a sleepy, cozy, feeling.

• It creates a sense of loss and grief.

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In "The Sparrow", humans "plod" through their lives with "deadened heart." What is the effect of the words plod and deadened?

• They create a sense of despair (hopelessness).

• They carry the reader forward.

• They create a sense of awe (wonder, respect).

• They amuse the reader.

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Who is the poet of this poem?

• Robert Louis Stevenson

• Ruskin Bond

• Paul Lawrence Dunbar

• Roald Dahl