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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. What is the instrument played by the Marmalade Man in Poem 12?
(a) A banjo.
(b) A tambourine.
(c) A flute.
(d) A harpsichord.

2. What object was captured by the tailor using a trap of lime and twigs in Poem 15?
(a) Bat's wool.
(b) Mouse fur.
(c) Snail's feet.
(d) Robin's wings.

3. In Poem 11, who is the character that William Blake compliments?
(a) The fire.
(b) The boy.
(c) The cat.
(d) The rabbit.

4. Which characters mentioned in Poem 16 are bakers?
(a) The mice.
(b) The rabbit and the cat.
(c) The dragons.
(d) The innkeeper and his wife.

5. What are the materials used by the tailor to build a house in Poem 15?
(a) Stars and the Milky Way.
(b) Silk and wool.
(c) Hay and onion skin.
(d) Bat's wool, mouse fur, and mole's skin.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the rare rhythmic form employed in Poem 14?

2. Who is the main character of Poem 9?

3. Which character says farewell in Poem 16?

4. What is the gift that the King of Cats sends to the cat who winds the clocks in Poem 13?

5. Which two characters have to make amends in Poem 12?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is unusual about the tailor's house in Poem 15?

2. Why is the fire contained in Poem 11?

3. What is a big difference between the rabbit and the cow in Poem 9?

4. What are some of the unusual and magical gifts the King of Cats sends his friends in Poem 13?

5. Describe tasks the King of Cats gives his wife in Poem 13.

6. What are the rewards offered in Poem 12?

7. What does William Blake do after the sunflowers make their request in Poem 8?

8. What is so special about the walk on the Milky Way described in Poem 10?

9. When the rabbit requests that everyone make way, what does the cow do in Poem 9?

10. What does Blake say to the fire in Poem 10?

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