I Like to See It Lap the Miles

When the speaker of "I Like to See It..." says "I Like to see it lap the Miles--" she is referring to the train's 

• size
• noise
• speed
• steam

What action is the train performing in lines 4-5 of "I Like to See it..."?

• Picking up passengers on mountains
• helping to level mountains
• driving around mountains
• going through a tunnel in the mountains

The use of the word "supercilious" in line 6 of "I Like to See it..." makes the train seem like a 

• powerful machine
• modern car
• disobedient horse
• conceited person

Lines 8-10 of "I Like to See it.." appeal to a reader's sense of 

• sight
• hearing
• taste 
• smell

Lines 11-12 of "I Like to See it..." describe the

• train's passengers
• sounds the train makes
• speaker in the poem
• people watching the train

In line 14, the train is compared to Boanerges in order to

• reveal that a storm has begun.
• describe how loud the train is.
• illustrate that the train is old.
• show that the train is a familiar sight.

What is the "stable door" where the train stops?

• a barn door
• a gate to a field
• a train station
• a bridge

The train in the poem performs all of the following actions except

• going downhill
• carrying coal
• traveling through valleys
• driving by shanties

The train in the poem can best be described as

• fast
• cautious
• tired
• frightening

You can infer that the speaker of the poem

• has never seen a real train.
• is an athletic person.
• lives in the city.
• is familiar with the behavior of horses.