The Secret / Denise Levertov

Test Practice

Identify Main Ideas

With your partner, discuss how to answer these questions about the selection.

1. Why is the speaker glad the girls have forgotten where they found the secret of life?
a. She knows they were wrong about it being in one of her poems.
b. She doesn’t think anyone should know the secret of life.
c. She wants them to have the joy of discovering over and over the secret of life.
d. She thinks they are silly for believing that there is a secret of life.


What is the correct answer to the question above? How did the information you gathered during reading help you eliminate incorrect answers?

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