PART A : POETRY - National Adult Literacy Database

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PRE-TEST: ANSWER KEY
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1. a About, / about, / in reel / and rout
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The death - / fires danced / at night.
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The wa / ter, like / a witch / es oils
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Burnt green / and blue / and white.
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b. A bunch / of the boys / were whoop / ing it up / in the Mal /
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amute / saloon;
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c. The kid / that hand / les the mus / ic-box / was hit / ting a jag /
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-time tune;
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Back / of the bar, / in a so / lo game, / sat Dan / gerous Dan /
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McGrew,
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And watch / ing his luck / was his light- / o’-love, the lad / y that’s
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known / as Lou.
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d. Rescue my / castle be / fore the hot day
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Brightens to / blue from its / silvery grey.