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The Moon's Night Walk (a poem)
3rd grade reading
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The Moon's Night Walk (a poem)
The moon puts on her silver coat
and tiptoes up the sky.
She hums a tune to sleepy owls
and winks at clouds nearby.
She paints the rooftops pearly white,
she lights the cat's way home,
she peeps into the children's rooms
to check they're not alone.
She counts the stars like sleeping sheep,
she sings the sea to rest,
she hangs a lantern on the hill
for travellers in the west.
And when the sun yawns in the east
and stretches out his rays,
the moon slips off her silver coat
and hides away for days.
But look up on a quiet night
when all the town's asleep:
she's tiptoeing across the sky
with promises to keep.
Question 1
Read "The Moon's Night Walk (a poem)". The poet writes that the moon "tiptoes up the sky". Which technique is this?
- A. personification
- B. alliteration
- C. onomatopoeia
- D. simile
Question 2
Read "The Moon's Night Walk (a poem)". What does the moon do for the cat?
- A. lights its way home
- B. sings it to sleep
- C. paints it white
- D. wakes it up
Question 3
Read "The Moon's Night Walk (a poem)". What is happening in the fourth verse?
- A. A storm is starting.
- B. The children are waking the moon.
- C. The moon is getting brighter.
- D. Morning is coming and the moon is disappearing.
Question 4
Read "The Moon's Night Walk (a poem)". What is the mood of the poem?
- A. angry and noisy
- B. gentle and peaceful
- C. frightening
- D. sad and lonely
Question 5
Read "The Moon's Night Walk (a poem)". Which words rhyme in the first verse?
- A. sky and nearby
- B. moon and tune
- C. coat and owls
- D. silver and sleepy
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