C - CONNOTATIONS The mushrooms in “Mushrooms” are personified in all the following ways except that- their fists push through needles they diet they talk quietly their toes take hold In which of the following ways does the speaker describe the caps of mushrooms? As shelves and tables As lumps of earth As Smurf houses As balls of gloom In what environments do the poem's imagery show the mushrooms growing? Graveyards and city sidewalks Forest floors and city sidewalks Riverbanks and swamps Forest floors and poorly run McDonalds A - ATTITUDE The tone of “Mushrooms” is best described as — Sorrowful hopeful fierce playful S - SHIFTS Which line best indicates a shift? Lines 1-3 Lines 19-21 Lines 22-24 Lines 31-33 T - TITLE AGAIN Why is the title so helpful in understanding what the poem is about? T - THEME One of the main ideas in “Mushrooms” is that quiet people — have a lot of strength are pushy and demanding eat a great deal do not work very hard