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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Humpbacks, A Meeting, Little Sister Pond, The Roses and Blackberries.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the flowers in 'May' possess a certainty of?
(a) The place of our existence.
(b) Their potential for giving.
(c) Their coming death.
(d) Their reason for life.

2. How does the narrator describe her thoughts in the third part of 'Little Sister Pond'?
(a) Gentle.
(b) Heavy.
(c) Illuminating.
(d) Light.

3. What kills the fish in the poem, 'Fish'?
(a) The air.
(b) A boat.
(c) The hook.
(d) Another fish.

4. What does the narrator describe at the beginning of 'Little Sister Pond'?
(a) The touches.
(b) The sounds.
(c) The sights.
(d) The smells.

5. What does John Chapman always try to honor in 'John Chapman'?
(a) The law.
(b) Government officials.
(c) The Indians.
(d) God's creations.

Short Answer Questions

1. What shines in 'Lightning'?

2. What does the narrator of 'Humpbacks' compare the jumps of a humpback to?

3. Where are the packed leaves pushed in 'Spring'?

4. What do the birds decide not to do in the winter in 'A Poem for the Blue Heron'?

5. What does the narrator of 'Blossom' say death is a state of?

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