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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 say he does “alone far in the wilds and mountains” in Section 10?
(a) Prays.
(b) Fishes.
(c) Ponders.
(d) Hunts.

2. Which word from Section 12 means “limber” or “flexible”?
(a) Articulate.
(b) Contralto.
(c) Lithe.
(d) Rigid.

3. From where does the narrator describe following the movements of the men with sledges and hammers in the end of Section 12?
(a) “The freeway terminal.”
(b) “The cinder-strew’d threshold.”
(c) “The mountain-cliff dwelling.”
(d) “The wrecking yard.”

4. With whom does the narrator describe spending “that day round the chowder-kettle” in Section 10?
(a) Bankers and businessmen.
(b) Drunks and criminals.
(c) Farmers and ranchers.
(d) Boatsmen and clam-diggers.

5. The narrator says in Section 20, “Having pried through the strata, analyzed to a hair, counsel'd with doctors and calculated close, I find no sweeter fat than sticks to my own” what?
(a) “Bones.”
(b) “Stomach.”
(c) “Tongue.”
(d) “Throat.”

6. The narrator claims to wear what as he pleases “indoors or out” in Section 20?
(a) His pistol.
(b) His boots.
(c) His hat.
(d) His pants.

7. The narrator claims to “lean and loafe at my ease observing” what, in Section 1?
(a) “The falling flakes of snow.”
(b) “A spear of summer grass.”
(c) “A falling autumn leaf.”
(d) “A blooming spring flower.”

8. What word does the poet describe as “a word of the modern” in Section 23?
(a) “Tribulation.”
(b) “Atomic bomb.”
(c) “Weaponry.”
(d) “En-Masse.”

9. In the conclusion of Section 6, the narrator states that “to die is different from what any one supposed, and” what?
(a) “Quicker.”
(b) “Pacifying.”
(c) “Luckier.”
(d) “Painful.”

10. The narrator combines the word “respiration” with what word in Section 2?
(a) “Desperation.”
(b) “Retaliation.”
(c) “Inspiration.”
(d) “Resignation.”

11. What does the narrator bring to the runaway slave when he encounters him in Section 10?
(a) A bale of hay.
(b) A tub of water.
(c) A letter.
(d) An old dog.

12. The narrator claims in Section 7, “I pass death with the dying and birth with the new-wash’d babe, and am not contain’d between my” what?
(a) “Socks and belt.”
(b) “Hat and boots.”
(c) “Tie and socks.”
(d) “Belt and tie.”

13. What does the narrator say that seeing “at my window satisfies me more than the metaphysics of books” in Section 24?
(a) “A pansy.”
(b) “A sunflower.”
(c) “A morning-glory.”
(d) “A puppy.”

14. The narrator claims in Section 14, “What is commonest, cheapest, nearest, easiest, is” what?
(a) “Peter.”
(b) “God.”
(c) “Me.”
(d) “William.”

15. The narrator claims in Section 2 that the atmosphere “has no taste of” what?
(a) “The concentration.”
(b) “The emancipation.”
(c) “The reconciliation.”
(d) “The distillation.”

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator states in Section 3, “I have heard what the talkers were talking, the talk of the” what?

2. Who is described “with grimed and hairy chests” environing the anvil in Section 12?

3. What does the butcher-boy put off, according to the narrator in Section 12?

4. As the narrator watches “the little one” sleeping in Section 8, he silently brushes away what with his hand?

5. What question does the narrator say a child asked in Section 6?

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