38 pages • 1 hour read
Maya AngelouCaged Bird
Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1983A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more. For select classroom titles, we also provide Teaching Guides with discussion and quiz questions to prompt student engagement.
Reading Comprehension Answers
1. B. The poem says the free bird “claims” and then “names” the sky.
2. A. The poem says twice that the caged bird “sings of freedom.”
3. C. The free bird travels “on the back of the wind” and “thinks of another breeze.”
4. D. The caged bird feels “rage” because “his wings are clipped and / his feet are tied.”
5. A. The caged bird “stands on the grave of dreams.”
Related Titles
By Maya Angelou
A Brave And Startling Truth
Maya Angelou
All God's Children Need Traveling Shoes
Maya Angelou
A Song Flung Up to Heaven
Maya Angelou
Gather Together in My Name
Maya Angelou
I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings
Maya Angelou
Letter to My Daughter
Maya Angelou
Mom & Me & Mom
Maya Angelou
Mother, A Cradle to Hold Me
Maya Angelou
On the Pulse of Morning
Maya Angelou
Phenomenal Woman
Maya Angelou
Still I Rise
Maya Angelou
The Heart of a Woman
Maya Angelou
The Lesson
Maya Angelou