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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Spring, Morning at Great Pond, The Snakes, Blossom and Something.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator of 'Cold Poem' say men become when it grows colder?
(a) Cruel and honest.
(b) Wise and old.
(c) Bold and fearful.
(d) Pure and innocent.

2. What does the narrator dream about in 'Cold Poem'?
(a) Flowers and rain.
(b) Harvest and feasts.
(c) Fruit and grain.
(d) Snow and ice.

3. Which of these words does the narrator use to describe the rain in 'Spring'?
(a) Clean.
(b) Pale.
(c) All of these.
(d) Soft.

4. How many snakes are seen by the narrator in 'The Snakes'?
(a) 4.
(b) 2.
(c) 5.
(d) 3.

5. What does the narrator say she is close to in 'Cold Poem'?
(a) Winter.
(b) Death.
(c) Nature.
(d) The edge.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Isaac go missing in 'The Lost Children'?

2. How did Isaac feel when he returned to the world in 'The Lost Children'?

3. What does John Chapman also use his hat for in 'John Chapman'?

4. How does the narrator describe the shark heading for the seals in 'Cold Poem'?

5. What swims in everyone in 'Blossom'?

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