The Poet
The Poetry
Historical
Background
Random
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Shel Silverstein started writing at the age of...
What is 12
100
Who is the poet writing for
Who are children
100
What happened during the time that he wrote
What is The Korean War, Civil Rights movement, Vietnam war
200
Name one of Silverstein's occupations, besides poet.
What is illustrator, songwriter, author, play writer.
200
The class that Silverstein says is flower smelling...
What is Botany?
200
Where did he go to school
What is Chicago Institute of the Arts
200
What happened on May 10, 1999
What is Silverstein died.
300
The reason why Silverstein began to write...
What is he was bad at sports and girls did not like him.
300
How is "The Monkey" different from other poems.
What is he uses numbers instead of words?
300
Were his songs like his poem
Yes
300
Who is Silverstein compared to..
Who is Dr. Seuss.
400
Who inspired Silverstein's poems...
What is no one, he was not familiar with famous poets at the time.
400
"The Monkey" is told in whose point of view.
What is the narrator.
400
Did he every make his poems into songs
Yes
400
The cartoon that Silverstein worked for
What is the "Pacific Stars and Stripes"
500
The war that Silverstein was enlisted in...
What is the Korean War.
500
In "One Out of Sixteen" how is the ending ironic?
What is he misspelled spelling.
500
Did history influence him?
No
500
How long did he go to school
What is 1 year
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