American Primitive: Poems Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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American Primitive: Poems Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator eat in 'August'?
(a) Wheat bread.
(b) Strawberries.
(c) Cookies.
(d) Blackberries.

2. In 'Clapp's Pond', what does the narrator see drinking from the lake miles away?
(a) A doe.
(b) A rabbit.
(c) An egret.
(d) A pheasant.

3. What does the dust try to hide in the whorehouse?
(a) The allure.
(b) The sin.
(c) The glamour.
(d) The past.

4. How do men protect themselves when it grows colder, according to 'Cold Poem'?
(a) They gather close to those they love.
(b) They listen to their bodies.
(c) They kill others.
(d) They go to church.

5. What was Isaac doing when he went missing in 'The Lost Children'?
(a) Heading to school.
(b) Swimming.
(c) Working in the fields.
(d) Going for a walk.

6. What does the narrator say moles accomplish during their lives in 'Moles'?
(a) Replenishing the earth.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Everything.
(d) Wreaking havoc.

7. How does the narrator describe the stranger in 'Flying'?
(a) Suspicious.
(b) Beautiful.
(c) Familiar.
(d) Strange.

8. What is the only part of the narrator's body she is concerned with in 'August'?
(a) Her tongue.
(b) Her lips.
(c) Her stomach.
(d) Her fingers.

9. Who does the narrator feel most sorry for in 'The Lost Children'?
(a) The abductors.
(b) The siblings.
(c) The children.
(d) The parents.

10. What was Lydia doing when she went missing in 'The Lost Children'?
(a) Herding her cows.
(b) Going for a walk.
(c) Checking her mail.
(d) Visiting a friend.

11. What makes John Chapman a legend in 'John Chapman'?
(a) His relations with the Indians.
(b) His trees.
(c) His clothing.
(d) His speeches.

12. What does the narrator say the wind has in 'Web'?
(a) Language.
(b) Bones.
(c) A mind.
(d) Breath.

13. What is thriving at the Boston Hospital?
(a) The trees.
(b) Death.
(c) The children.
(d) The nurses.

14. In 'The Lost Children', what was near the footprints found of Lydia's?
(a) A house of sticks.
(b) A cave.
(c) A bonnet.
(d) All of these.

15. What does the narrator recognize for the first time in 'Web'?
(a) Need.
(b) Poison.
(c) Danger.
(d) Fear.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Isaac when he went missing in 'The Lost Children'?

2. Which of these is used to describe the moles in 'Moles'?

3. What does the narrator see sizzling under the door in 'Web'?

4. What does the narrator say man has a secret love for in 'Cold Poem'?

5. Where could the narrator in 'The Kitten' have taken the kitten?

(see the answer keys)

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