Sick by Shel Silverstein

Another title for this poem could be -----?

• A Big Lie

• Medicine

• The School Day

• The Hospital Trip

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How is Peggy Ann able to go outside at the END of the poem?

• She asks her parents to let her.

• She gets help from a friend.

• She takes medicine.

• She was never really sick.

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The word "numb" in line 19 of the poem most closely means-

• not able to feel

• smelly

• very big

• full of holes

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How do lines 31-32 add to the reader's understanding of the poem?

• They help the reader understand why the speaker was acting sick.

• They help the reader figure out who is speaking in the poem.

• They help the reader know where the poem is taking place.

• They help the reader picture what the speaker looks like.

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Which line had a metaphor?

• line 1

• stanza 3

• line 6

• line 7

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