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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through And Old Whorehouse, Rain in Ohio, Web, University Hospital, Boston and Skunk Cabbage.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the changing water remind the blue heron of in 'A Poem For the Blue Heron'?
(a) Summer.
(b) Mating.
(c) Winter.
(d) Migration.

2. What was in the attic in 'Web'?
(a) A Black Widow.
(b) A snake.
(c) A bat.
(d) A bird.

3. What kind of home does the blue heron leave to find in 'A Poem For the Blue Heron'?
(a) A shallow ditch.
(b) A tree.
(c) A cave.
(d) A nest.

4. What makes John Chapman a legend in 'John Chapman'?
(a) His clothing.
(b) His relations with the Indians.
(c) His speeches.
(d) His trees.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What beats the roof in 'Lightning'?

3. What do the moles find delicious in 'Moles'?

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

5. What was Lydia's last name in 'The Lost Children'?

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