Reading Comprehension Poem

 Be the Best of Whatever You Are

Douglas Malloch

If you can't be a pine on the top of the hill,

Be a scrub in the valley - but be

The best little scrub by the side of the rill;

Be a bush if you can't be a tree.

 If you can't be a bush be a bit of the grass,

And some highway happier make;

If you can't be a muskie then just be a bass

Be the liveliest bass in the lake!

We can't all be captains, we've got to be crew,

There's something for all of us here,

There's big work to do, and there's lesser to do,

And the task you must do is the near.

If you can't be a highway then just be a trail,

If you can't be the sun be a star;

It isn't by size that you win or fail 

Be the best of whatever you are!

1. Being the best little scrub tree is as good as being a……………

a. bush

b. pine

c. valley

d. grass

2. 'Be the liveliest bass in the lake!' Here bass means………..

a. water plant

b. edible fish

c. ship

d. sailor

3. ‘We can't all be captains, we've got to be crew’ means………..

a. we can be the best wherever we are

b. we should be a part of the crowd

c. we should not be ambitious

d. we should also be willing to serve

4. The message of the poem is…………….

a. only the best is appreciated in life

b. if we fail the world will laugh at us

c. if we want to succeed in life, we must be strong

d. we must always be our best in anything we do

5. The tone of the poem is…………………

a. happy

b. sad

c. inspirational

d. educational