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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. Which character mentioned in Poem 9 has been busy cleaning the inn?
(a) William Blake.
(b) The boy.
(c) The rabbit.
(d) The Marmalade Man.

2. In the epigraph of Poem 16, what is the reader reminded to do?
(a) Rest at the inn.
(b) Share food with others.
(c) Visit the inn.
(d) Have a face that gives light.

3. What materials are used to make the chairs in Poem 15?
(a) Bat's wool, snail's feet, and onion skin.
(b) Wool, velvet, and silk.
(c) Velveteen, snail's feet, and comet's hair.
(d) Bat's wool, mouse fur, and mole's skin.

4. In Poem 8, what is the object that the sunflowers track the movement of?
(a) The boy.
(b) William Blake.
(c) The Sun.
(d) The Moon.

5. What is the rhythmic form of Poem 15?
(a) Iambic quadrameter in ABBA form.
(b) Iambic quadrameter in AABB form.
(c) Iambic hexameter in AABB form.
(d) Iambic hexameter in ABBA form.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Poem 10, what characters does William Blake lead on a walk?

2. Which character wears a new suit of shifting lights in Poem 15?

3. What object mentioned in Poem 8 contains the roots of the sunflowers?

4. Which character mentioned in Poem 14 has a childlike faith?

5. To which character does the King of Cats sends the shadows of a dozen mice in Poem 13?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does the tiger confess in Poem 14?

3. What is the lesson contained in Poem 15?

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

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

6. How is the experience different for the rabbit compared to the cat in Poem 10?

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

8. What characters do the sunflowers move along with in Poem 8?

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

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

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