31 pages 1 hour read

Linda Pastan

To a Daughter Leaving Home

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1998

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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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