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Lamentations 1 · For teachers and parents

Answer Key: The Lonely City

Answers here are a guide. Welcome any answer that shows a child is thinking about the story, and celebrate their effort. Talk About It questions are open, so they have no set answers.

PreschoolTell God When You Are Sad

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Coloring and finding page: any careful coloring is a win. Help your child point to and name each picture above.

KindergartenSad Songs

CITY → picture 3TEARS → picture 1SAD → picture 4GOD → picture 2

Grade 1A City Alone

The city was once full. → picture 4The people went far away. → picture 3The city cried at night. → picture 1No one came to help. → picture 5God is righteous. → picture 2

Order:

1. She finds no rest2. Yahweh is righteous3. Look, Yahweh4. My heart is troubled

Grade 2A Sad Song

  1. What was Jerusalem once full of? People (circle)
  2. Where did the people go? Far away (circle)
  3. When did the city cry? At night (circle)
  4. Did anyone come to comfort her? No (circle)
  5. What did the people say about God? God is righteous (circle)
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Grade 3The City Like a Widow

  1. What is Lamentations? A book of sad poems
  2. What is the city compared to? A widow
  3. Why were the roads to Zion sad? No one came to the feasts
  4. What did the poem say plainly? Jerusalem had sinned against God
  5. What did the city say about Yahweh? He is righteous
1: She finds no rest2: Yahweh is righteous3: Look, Yahweh4: My heart is troubled
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Grade 4Is It Nothing to You?

  1. What city do the poems mourn? Jerusalem
  2. What is an acrostic poem? A poem whose verses begin with the letters of the alphabet in order
  3. What does the poem say five times? There was no one to comfort her
  4. What does the city admit in the second half? Her sin

Word bank: 1. comfort; 2. city; 3. God

Think About It: answers will vary. Look for answers that connect to the passage.

Grade 5No One to Comfort

  1. Does the book name its author? No
  2. How many verses does chapter 5 have? Twenty-two
  3. Who were Jerusalem's lovers? The nations she trusted
  4. What does the poem model? Lament
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Think About It: answers will vary. Look for answers that connect to the passage.

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