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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When asked if the other characters are coming, which character in the Frontispiece replies "soon"?
(a) Star.
(b) Air.
(c) Marmalade Man.
(d) Moon.

2. What is the quality of the place that the reader experience during the first verse of Poem 1?
(a) Restful and magical.
(b) Energetic and frenetic.
(c) Dark and foreboding.
(d) Violent and turbulent.

3. Who are the characters in Poem 1 that make snowmen?
(a) Children.
(b) Guards.
(c) Dragons.
(d) Angels.

4. Who does Nancy believe sent The Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience?
(a) Tyger.
(b) Miss Pratt.
(c) Blake
(d) Nancy Willard.

5. Where will the journey proposed during the Frontispiece take the traveler?
(a) To a library.
(b) To Blake's Inn.
(c) To the other side of the globe.
(d) To another planet.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When the boy is homesick, what does he wish for during Poem 3?

3. How many verses does Poem 1 contain and what is the rhyming pattern?

4. What is the destination of the exciting journey involving fantasy characters in the Introduction?

5. Which character do people confuse the King of Cats with during Poem 6?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe an unusual event that also happens during the night in Poem 4.

2. How does the bear comfort the boy in Poem 3?

3. Is the boy comforted during Poem 3?

4. What are the dangers outside the inn mentioned in Poem 3?

5. What is different about the dragons?

6. Why is the inn so appealing to travelers?

7. What do the little children do when the Man in the Marmalade Hat arrives in Poem 5?

8. What does the Frontispiece accomplish?

9. Describe the room mentioned in Poem 3.

10. What special features does the car described in Poem 2 have on the outside?

(see the answer keys)

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