The Abandoned Farmhouse Poem by Ted Kooser

What can the reader conclude about the man based on the following sentence?

• That he spent a lot of time sleeping in bed

• He was larger than a normal man

• He was mad and broke dishes

• He was clumsy since he was always breaking dishes

The imagery in these lines allows the reader to know...

• The family that lived there were poor and had little money

• The family only ate canned food

• The farmhouse had many secret hiding spots

• People visited the farmhouse often

Using your context clues, what is the meaning of the word "scarce" used in stanza 2?

• easy to come by

• buried in a wall

• hard to find

• fake

Who is the speaker of this poem?

• the man who lived in the farmhouse

• a child who used to play at the farmhouse

• a bird sitting in a tree above the farmhouse

• a person who is trying to figure out what happened there

What is the author's purpose for writing this poem?

• to share the author's feelings about being scared

• to describe an abandoned farmhouse and contents found there

• to tell a story about a man who lived on a farm

• to send a message about how life is not always what it seems

Why does the poem end with, "Something went wrong, they say."?

• The speaker knows exactly what happened to the family

• The speaker had spoken to the family since they left

• No one really knows what happened, only rumors

• WHO CARES, WE WON ANYWAY

What type of poem is “Abandoned Farmhouse”?

• Lyric

• Ballad

• Free Verse

• Acrostic

The speaker in the “Abandoned Farmhouse” is the man.

• false

• true

Decaying timber moans softly in twilight

• Personification

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

What is the author's overall tone in the poem "The Abandoned Farmhouse"?

• neutral

• concerned

• humorous

• angry