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Linda PastanTo a Daughter Leaving Home
Linda PastanFiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1998A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more. For select classroom titles, we also provide Teaching Guides with discussion and quiz questions to prompt student engagement.
Reading Comprehension Questions
1. Who is most likely the speaker in the poem?
A) a neighbor
B) a friend
C) a grandparent
D) a mother
2. Whom is the speaker addressing?
A) their eight-year-old daughter
B) their young adult daughter
C) their middle-aged daughter
D) their eight-year-old granddaughter
3. How does the speaker feel about their daughter leaving home? (Write a one-sentence response using details from the poem.)
4. How does the daughter feel as she is riding the bicycle by herself?
A) calm
B) helpless
C) excited
D) reluctant
5. How does the physical appearance of the poem on the page mirror its content? (Write a one-sentence response using details from the poem.)
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