Excerpt from the Sand Castle

Lines 1-4 of the poem are important because they...

• introduce the speaker's problem
• describe the setting
• ask the reader important questions
• identify the speaker's friend

Which line from the poem best helps the reader picture the speaker's sandcastle?

• let's fill a bucket with water and pour it on the land.
• To make the sand muddy and damp, to work with it by hand.
• to start a mighty castle on the playground made of sand.
• make the sand like towers; form walls that stretch up high

"So let’s skip on home to dinner, looking back once more to say, “We built a mighty castle on the playground on this day.”
Lines 15-16 of the poem emphasize that the speaker most likely feels...

• worried that the sandcastle is not finished
• confused about what will happen to the sandcastle
• surprised by the height of the sandcastle
• pleased to have spent the day working on a sandcastle

 In stanza 3, the reader can conclude that the speaker...

• has more important tasks than finishing the sandcastle
• would rather build the sandcastle alone
• is not yet satisfied with the sandcastle
• is unsure of how the completed sandcastle should look

This poem is or has...

• free verse
• rhyme scheme
• rhythm

How many stanzas does this poem have?

• 4
• 15
• 6
• 1

The main idea of stanza 4 is...

• how the sandcastle looks
• the day is over and it is time to go home
• how to make a sandcastle
• going to the beach

In stanza 1, the beach is being compared to...

• a playground
• a sandbox
• a palm tree
• a fountain

In which stanza is the main idea how to build a sandcastle?

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4

This text is a...

• article from a story
• a passage from a magazine
• a poem
• a book