Identify Main Idea & Purpose Identifies the main idea and purpose of the passage.
Read the poem and answer the questions.

Would it be Strange?
Is it funny
Would it be strange
To see a young girl
Go dancing around
the market place
Or climb trees by the highway
Or flick an orange from a cart
Or sing to the silent nightingale
Or smile at the nodding flowers
Or rush to hug you
When you'd rather think
a casual Hullo! would do
Or talk to the stars
and splash in the puddles
made by rain
Would it be strange
if she never grew up
and chose to remain the same.

Source: 'Would it be Strange?'
1. The first stanza suggests that the girl in the poem is in disposition.

A. careless
B. carefree
C. careful
D. careworn

2.What is the poet trying to say in the line, 'if she never grew up and chose to remain the same'?

A. The poet wonders what people would think if she continued to behave with childlike intensity
B. The poet has magical powers to remain young forever but wonders if it is okay to use that.
C. The poet loves to behave like a child and play childish games only to annoy others
D. The poet is an adult who dislikes the view that young girls should behave in a immature fashion.

3. The poet probably wrote this poem because

A. She saw a young girl in the market.
B. She wants to be young again.
C. She likes to appreciate different stages of life.
D. She wonders what it would be if we could follow our heart and be truly free.