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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Poem 6, "The King of Cats Orders an Early Breakfast".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which character in Poem 2 is dressed in a mackintosh and wings?
(a) Blake.
(b) Driver.
(c) Nancy Willard.
(d) Passenger.

2. When the boy is homesick, what does he wish for during Poem 3?
(a) His friend.
(b) His parents.
(c) His teddy bear.
(d) The comforts of home.

3. What is accomplished by removing capitals and having simple, exact rhymes in Poem 2?
(a) The reader is confused.
(b) The poem feels like a story.
(c) The rhymes are forced.
(d) The story is hard to follow.

4. How many verses does Poem 1 contain and what is the rhyming pattern?
(a) Four verses with iambic pentameter.
(b) Three verses with iambic quadrameter.
(c) Four verses with iambic quadrameter.
(d) Three verses with iambic pentameter.

5. Which two characters are dressed in tails in Poem 5?
(a) The Man in the Marmalade Hat and William Blake.
(b) The two children.
(c) The rabbit and the tiger.
(d) The raccoon and the hedgehog.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the boy request during Poem 3?

2. The Frontispiece creates this tone for the remaining poems.

3. Which character in the Introduction says, "Lights off. I'm going downstairs"?

4. In the Frontispiece, who is having a conversation?

5. Which character is afraid of the flashing lights during Poem 4?

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