STAAR Test Grade 8 Poetry
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- Q1Midnight (by Sara Holbrook) When it’s Sunday and it’s midnight, the weekend put back in its chest, the toys of recreation, party times and needed rest. When I lie in wait for Monday to grab me by the ear, throw me at the shower, off to school and when I hear the train at midnight from so many miles away . . . when it’s Sunday . . . and it’s midnight . . . the train in passing brays and boasts it’s steel-track-straight, on schedule, arrival times to keep. And I meander to its rhythm, flopping like a fish. Why can’t I get to sleep? Why can’t I get to sleep?First question-30sEditDelete
- Q2How are the train and the speaker similar?Like the train that travels at midnight, the speaker prefers to work during the night.Like the train that brays and boasts, the speaker acts in an overly proud manner.Like the train that has a schedule to keep, the speaker has an approaching responsibility.Like the train that stays on a straight course, the speaker avoids change.30sEditDelete
- Q3Which line from the poem best expresses the speaker’s sense of dread?Line 15: from so many miles away . . .Line 2: and it’s midnight,Line 8: When I lie in waitLine 7: and needed rest.30sEditDelete
- Q4Midnight (by Sara Holbrook) When it’s Sunday and it’s midnight, the weekend put back in its chest, the toys of recreation, party times and needed rest. When I lie in wait for Monday to grab me by the ear, throw me at the shower, off to school and when I hear the train at midnight from so many miles away . . . when it’s Sunday . . . and it’s midnight . . . the train in passing brays and boasts it’s steel-track-straight, on schedule, arrival times to keep. And I meander to its rhythm, flopping like a fish. Why can’t I get to sleep? Why can’t I get to sleep?-Next question30sEditDelete
- Q5The metaphor in the first stanza is used to emphasize that the —speaker behaves like a small child on the weekendspeaker’s weekend of fun and relaxation is overspeaker uses the weekend to organize thingsspeaker’s time is wasted during the weekend30sEditDelete
- Q6Midnight (by Sara Holbrook) When it’s Sunday and it’s midnight, the weekend put back in its chest, the toys of recreation, party times and needed rest. When I lie in wait for Monday to grab me by the ear, throw me at the shower, off to school and when I hear the train at midnight from so many miles away . . . when it’s Sunday . . . and it’s midnight . . . the train in passing brays and boasts it’s steel-track-straight, on schedule, arrival times to keep. And I meander to its rhythm, flopping like a fish. Why can’t I get to sleep? Why can’t I get to sleep?-Next question30sEditDelete
- Q7The poet uses a simile in lines 23 and 24 to reveal that the speaker —might be having a dreamcannot get comfortabledoes not like fishingwants to be outside30sEditDelete
- Q8Dividing the poem into two stanzas allows the poet to —incorporate reminders for the reader about where the action takes placeask questions to keep the reader guessing about what will happencontrast the speaker’s feelings about weekends and Mondayscompare the speaker’s schedule with the train’s schedule30sEditDelete
- Q9The train is important to the poem because it represents —reflecting on the pastinterrupting peaceful memoriesfollowing a planned routinevisiting distant places30sEditDelete
- Q10Midnight (by Sara Holbrook) When it’s Sunday and it’s midnight, the weekend put back in its chest, the toys of recreation, party times and needed rest. When I lie in wait for Monday to grab me by the ear, throw me at the shower, off to school and when I hear the train at midnight from so many miles away . . . when it’s Sunday . . . and it’s midnight . . . the train in passing brays and boasts it’s steel-track-straight, on schedule, arrival times to keep. And I meander to its rhythm, flopping like a fish. Why can’t I get to sleep? Why can’t I get to sleep?Next question-30sEditDelete
- Q11The poet likely intends for the last two lines to express the speaker’s —concern about doing well in schoolregret over the experiences of the weekendanxiety about the coming dayfear of the arriving train30sEditDelete