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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. What springs up behind John Chapman as he wanders in 'John Chapman'?
(a) Weeds and thistles.
(b) Apple trees.
(c) Pixies.
(d) Fond memories.

2. What charts the health of the patients at the hospital?
(a) All of these.
(b) Nurses.
(c) Machines.
(d) Doctors.

3. What is the country made of in 'Humpbacks'?
(a) Fire.
(b) Water.
(c) Earth.
(d) Air.

4. What does the narrator of 'Clapp's Pond' say vanishes sometimes at Clapp's Pond?
(a) Worldly needs.
(b) Distance.
(c) Relationships.
(d) The past.

5. What does the crow call in 'Rain in Ohio'?
(a) Rain.
(b) Help.
(c) Plunder.
(d) Hooray.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the trapdoor do in 'Web'?

2. Who is the wood duck calling to in 'Little Sister Pond'?

3. In 'Humpbacks', what does the narrator say holds the most allure for people?

4. What does John Chapman also use his hat for in 'John Chapman'?

5. How does the narrator get into the whorehouse?

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