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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 causes the beast in 'Tasting the Wild Grapes' to explode at times?
(a) The smell of grapes.
(b) Walking by it.
(c) Hearing footsteps.
(d) The sound of thunder.

2. What does the dust try to hide in the whorehouse?
(a) The sin.
(b) The glamour.
(c) The past.
(d) The allure.

3. How does the narrator get into the whorehouse?
(a) She climbs through a hole in the roof.
(b) She breaks down the door.
(c) She climbs through a broken window.
(d) She uses a skeleton key.

4. Where does the snake hide when the rain comes in 'Rain in Ohio'?
(a) A tree.
(b) The lake.
(c) The ground.
(d) The grass.

5. What does the trapdoor do in 'Web'?
(a) Bars her inside.
(b) Breaks away.
(c) Unnails itself.
(d) Sings and squeals.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the narrator see sizzling under the door in 'Web'?

3. What color is the creature described in the second part of 'Little Sister Pond'?

4. What does the narrator recognize for the first time in 'Web'?

5. What was in the attic in 'Web'?

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