CAGED BIRD

Why does the caged bird sing?

• It wants to challenge the free bird

• It has to make others feel good

• It wants to entertain people

• It has only one way to express itself

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Read these lines from the poem.

But a bird that stalks

down his narrow cage

can seldom see through

his bars of rage

What do these lines reveal about the caged bird?

• The caged bird has strong feelings.

• The caged bird is aware of its surroundings.

• The caged bird has difficulty flying.

• The caged bird is satisfied with its life.

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What is the main conflict in this poem?

• The caged bird hates the free bird.

• The caged bird longs for the life of the free bird.

• The free bird laughs at the caged bird.

• The free bird cannot sing as well as the caged bird.

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What is this poem mainly about?

• Freedom and slavery

• The lives of birds

• Joy and singing

• The dreams of birds

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An idea explored in both the selection and the poem is -

• People escaping slavery

• The longing for freedom

• The effects of oppression

• The power of fear and the unknown

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The free bird demonstrates freedom and power when it

• stalks down its narrow cage

• sings with a fearful trill

• shouts on a nightmare scream

• claims the sky

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The caged bird represents

• an animal who is locked up

• the hope of the future

• the loss of freedom and choice

• ignorance

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Why does the caged bird sing?

• because it enjoys singing

• because that is what birds do

• because it has to find a way to express his pain

• because he is calling to another bird

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What effect do the words stalks, cage, rage, clipped, and tied (in the second stanza) have on the tone of the poem?

• the caged bird is limited and angry yet hopeful.

• the caged bird as free and ready to claim what is his.

• the caged bird is free to do as he wishes in his cage

• the caged bird is proud to be kept in a cage.

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The study of birds is known as 

• Herpetology 
• Ornithology
• Entomology 
• Archaeoptry