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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Poem 3, "A Rabbit Reveals My Room ".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the boy find instead of a bed in Poem 3?
(a) A blanket.
(b) A bear.
(c) An afghan.
(d) A box.

2. The Frontispiece creates this tone for the remaining poems.
(a) Pedantic.
(b) Magical.
(c) Foreboding.
(d) Scientific.

3. What kind of a journey is the traveler embarking upon?
(a) Fictional.
(b) A heavenly one.
(c) Short and uneventful.
(d) One that spans the globe.

4. What is Nancy Willard's role that gives her insight into the poetic form of Poem 1?
(a) A student.
(b) A professor of literature.
(c) A dreamer.
(d) A poet.

5. What is the object affixed to the vehicle during Poem 2?
(a) A toy.
(b) A British Flag.
(c) A small bird.
(d) A glowing star.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which object mentioned in Poem 2 obligingly shrinks flat?

2. In what lines of stanzas 1 and 2 of Poem 1 does the poem literally sing itself?

3. Who are the characters in Poem 1 that make snowmen?

4. Which character mentioned during the Introduction died two hundred years ago?

5. Who are the characters that appear in the third stanza of Poem 1?

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