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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Poem 13, "The King of Cats Sends a Postcard to His Wife".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Poem 3, who should the boy be kept safe from?
(a) The bear and the rabbit.
(b) The rabbit and the girl.
(c) The perilous starlight and the old moon's lunatic cat.
(d) The Marmalade Man.

2. Which character mentioned in Poem 10 receives silver stars?
(a) The cat.
(b) The rabbit.
(c) The rat.
(d) The boy.

3. Which object mentioned in Poem 8 is far away and yellow and orange like the sunflowers?
(a) The tiger.
(b) The tortoise.
(c) The city.
(d) The King of Cats.

4. When asked if the other characters are coming, which character in the Frontispiece replies "soon"?
(a) Moon.
(b) Air.
(c) Star.
(d) Marmalade Man.

5. In Poem 8, what is the object that the sunflowers track the movement of?
(a) William Blake.
(b) The Moon.
(c) The boy.
(d) The Sun.

Short Answer Questions

1. Through what does the Marmalade Man asks the other characters to follow him in Poem 12?

2. What is Nancy Willard's role that gives her insight into the poetic form of Poem 1?

3. Who is the main character of Poem 9?

4. What is the poetic form of verse employed in Poem 5?

5. What is Blake's role in the illustration for Poem 2?

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