Saturday at the Canal

What was the speaker hoping for at the age of seventeen?

• To be a professional athlete

• To be a chef

• To be a poet

• To be a scientist

What was school compared to in the poem?

• a prison

• a playground

• a party

• a vacation

What was the obnoxious sound playing at noon?

• A cat meowing

• A dog barking

• The obnoxious sound playing at noon was a car horn

• A bird chirping

Why were the teachers unable to understand?

• The teachers were not paying attention

• The teachers were too busy with other tasks

• The teachers did not have the necessary qualifications

• The instructions were unclear.

What was the condition of the hallways according to the poem?

• Bright and spacious

• Dark and narrow

• Dirty and cluttered

• Quiet and peaceful

What age was the speaker hoping to be happy by?

• 40

• 18

• 30

• 25

What was the sound of the tuba compared to?

• a mouse with a megaphone

• a whisper in a hurricane

• a hippopotamus with a cold

• a bird with laryngitis

What was the reason for the obnoxious tuba playing at noon?

• The tuba player lost a bet and had to play at noon

• It was a tradition to annoy the neighbors

• To signal the start of the Saturday at the Canal event

• The tuba player was practicing for a concert

Why were the teachers too close to dying to understand?

• Because they were too far from dying to understand

• Because they were too close to living to understand

• Because they were too close to sleeping to understand

• Because they were too close to 'dying' to understand

What was the smell of the hallways according to the poem?

• Musty and damp

• Fresh and floral

• Sweet and fruity

• Sour and pungent