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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Humpbacks, A Meeting, Little Sister Pond, The Roses and Blackberries.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the narrator say humpbacks sing?
(a) To communicate their desires.
(b) To show their inner-beauty.
(c) For reasons man cannot understand.
(d) All of these.

2. What is the narrator unsure she can do in 'Web'?
(a) See.
(b) Walk.
(c) Speak.
(d) Breathe.

3. What is the beast in 'Tasting the Wild Grapes'?
(a) A rabbit.
(b) A fox.
(c) A skunk.
(d) A heron.

4. What color is the beast in 'Tasting the Wild Grapes'?
(a) White.
(b) Brown.
(c) Red.
(d) Black.

5. What does the narrator spend time looking at in the third part of 'Little Sister Pond'?
(a) Books.
(b) The clouds.
(c) A man.
(d) The water.

Short Answer Questions

1. In 'Clapp's Pond', how wide is Clapp's Pond?

2. How many people does the narrator walk through the whorehouse with in 'An Old Whorehouse'?

3. What kind of life would the narrator of 'The Meeting' like to live?

4. How old is the narrator when she walks through the whorehouse?

5. What does the narrator compare sin to in 'An Old Whorehouse'?

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