Gooney Bird is So Absurd

Which point of view is the story written?

• 1st Person

• 2nd Person

• 3rd Person

What did Mrs. Pidgeon take from Tyrone during class?

• His cell phone.

• His reading book.

• His math book .

Tyrone created his short snow day poem while Mr. Leroy was

• showing some kids how to build a snow fort during recess

• telling the second-graders about the dangers of thin ice

• talking about a snowstorm over the intercom

• handing out persmission slips for the winter field trip

Gooney Bird's stiletto boots gave her---

• street card

• buyer's remorse

• shin splints

• pigeon toes

What did many second-graders realize during writing time?

• They received better grades when they used long words in thier poems

• they could write poems faster when they put their shoes on the wrong feet

• Mrs. Pidgeon didn't know enough about poetry to answer their questions

• They had a hard time finding the perfect words for their poems.

Felicia Ann wrote a couplet about---

• a white sheet of paper and a ruby red ink pen

• her little niece Susan, who didn't have any teeth yet

• chocolate chip cookies and milk

• a koala bear named Patsy, which she had seen at the zoo

What did MR. Leroy do after he learned second grade was studying poetry?

• He went to his office to put on his reading cape and top hat.

• He hurried to the library to find more poems for them to read.

• He made a face and said he thought it might be boring.

• He invited a famout poet to visit their classroom.

Gooney Bird was able to complete the poem about Mrs. Pidgeon because---

• Mrs. Pidgeon had shared some "souper" secret information with her

• Tyrone had lent her his "see-dy-answers" glasses to wear

• she had pianted her nails with "brainy blue" nail polish that morning

• she'd had a "eureka moment" when the idea came to her unexpectedly

What was Mrs. Pidgeon to do with the limericks her class had written?

• read them to her mother that evening

• publish them in the school newsletter

• put them up on the second grade wall of fame

• take them to the art room to be illustrated

WHy was Mrs. Pidgeon almost late for school one morning?

• She had been entering quizzes into the computer and lost track of time.

• She couldn't decide which underpants to use for her brain-warming hat.

• She had left that day's poems at home and had to go back to get it.

• SHe had stopped at the nursing home to talk to her mother.