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Robert Frost

The Road Not Taken

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1916

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Reading Comprehension Questions

1. What is the setting of the poem?

A) a field

B) a river

C) the highway

D) the woods

2. Who is the speaker in the poem?

A) a driver

B) a hiker

C) a cyclist

D) a gardener

3. When the speaker comes to a fork in the path, what emotion does he experience?

A) indecision

B) frustration

C) admiration

D) exhaustion

4. How does the speaker describe the paths as he is deciding which one to take?

A) The path he plans to choose appears to be more heavily used than the other.

B) The path he does not choose appears to be more heavily used than the other.

C) The path he does not choose is more beautiful than the other.

D) Both paths are equal in their beauty and amounts of use.

5. By the end of the poem, how has the speaker’s view of the paths changed?

A) He sees the one he chose as less travelled than the other.

B) He sees the one he did not choose as the better option.

C) He realizes that the path he chose was less arduous than the other.

D) He realizes that the path he did not choose was less travelled than the other.

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