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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Cold Poem, A Poem for the Blue Heron, Flying, Postcard from Flamingo and Vultures.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is the narrator in 'Flying'?
(a) A hot-air balloon.
(b) A plane.
(c) An airport.
(d) A large meeting.

2. What made people think Lydia was taken by Indians in 'The Lost Children'?
(a) Her mother had a dream.
(b) She dropped trinkets on a road to a reservation.
(c) There was a message left.
(d) Horseprints were found by her bonnet.

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

4. How did the narrator of 'The Kitten' feel when she buried the kitten?
(a) Confused.
(b) Peaceful.
(c) Sad.
(d) Lonely.

5. Which of these is used to describe the moles in 'Moles'?
(a) Shy.
(b) All of these.
(c) Quick.
(d) Hidden.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator dream about in 'Cold Poem'?

2. How do men protect themselves when it grows colder, according to 'Cold Poem'?

3. In 'Clapp's Pond', what does the narrator see drinking from the lake miles away?

4. How did Isaac go missing in 'The Lost Children'?

5. What does the changing water remind the blue heron of in 'A Poem For the Blue Heron'?

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