Think you’ve got your head wrapped around Maggie and Milly and Molly and May? Put your knowledge to
the test. Good luck — the Stickman is counting on you!
Q. The girls' playful sounding names are all meant to reflect the poem's theme of
youth
change
man and the natural world
versions of reality
Q. Maggie's sudden discovery of a shell that makes her forget her troubles makes us think of the importance of
transformation
exploration
memory
suffering
Q. The starfish that has five fingers bridges the gap between what two things?
man and the natural world
masculinity and femininity
immortality add mortality
truth and deception
Q. The smooth stone that looks like a world is meant to represent the ideas surrounding
transformation
man and the natural world
isolation
art and culture
Q. The final lines that include the idea of losing one thing and finding another represent the poem's theme of
nature
mortality
fate
exploration