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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the poetic form of Poem 3?
(a) Dactylic hexameter of a sonnet.
(b) Chastushka rhythm of a sonnet.
(c) Anapestic rhythm of a limerick.
(d) Dactylic hexameter of a limerick.

2. What character smiles in the sky in Poem 6?
(a) A shooting star.
(b) The boy.
(c) The comet.
(d) The Moon.

3. What does the boy's friend tell him will be as soft as hay in Poem 3?
(a) The blanket on the floor.
(b) The featherbed of the angel.
(c) The Marmalade Man's hat.
(d) The bear's arms.

4. What are the two objects that the Man in the Marmalade Hat carries in Poem 5?
(a) A bird and a jewelry box.
(b) A jar of marmalade and a spoon.
(c) A box of papers and a pen.
(d) A bucket and a mop.

5. Which character calls everyone "my loves" in Poem 5?
(a) William Blake.
(b) The raccoon.
(c) The Man in the Marmalade Hat.
(d) The child on the roof.

6. Which character signs the dedication on the title page in the Introduction?
(a) Tyger.
(b) Nancy Willard.
(c) Blake.
(d) Miss Pratt.

7. What is the poetic form of Poem 4?
(a) Rime couye.
(b) Romance seven.
(c) Allegory.
(d) Romance five.

8. Which character is still snoozing during all the activity of Poem 5?
(a) The hedgehog.
(b) The raccoon.
(c) The boy.
(d) The tiger.

9. Which character mentioned in Poem 7 stands on gossamer white clouds?
(a) The cow.
(b) Serving girl.
(c) The boy.
(d) William Blake.

10. In Poem 3, who should the boy be kept safe from?
(a) The bear and the rabbit.
(b) The perilous starlight and the old moon's lunatic cat.
(c) The Marmalade Man.
(d) The rabbit and the girl.

11. Which character mentioned in Poem 7 asks the cow how it slept?
(a) The questioner.
(b) The Moon.
(c) The girl.
(d) The boy.

12. Which character mentioned during Poem 4 surprisingly moves in the middle of the night?
(a) The Sun.
(b) The rabbit.
(c) The sunflower.
(d) The boy.

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

14. In what lines of stanzas 1 and 2 of Poem 1 does the poem literally sing itself?
(a) 2, 3, and 4.
(b) 3, 4, and 5.
(c) 1, 2, and 3.
(d) 4, 5, and 6.

15. What character insists on cleaning the inn in Poem 5?
(a) The boy.
(b) William Blake.
(c) The tiger.
(d) The Man in the Marmalade Hat.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the object that begins to purr when the traveler enter the car during Poem 2?

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

3. What is the object mentioned in Poem 7 that shines from above?

4. What is the biggest surprise awaiting the boy inside the room in Poem 3?

5. Who is the main character of Poem 6?

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