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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 narrator eat in 'August'?
(a) Cookies.
(b) Strawberries.
(c) Blackberries.
(d) Wheat bread.

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

3. What shines in 'Lightning'?
(a) The oaks.
(b) The lake.
(c) The rain.
(d) The house lights.

4. What does the narrator say man has a secret love for in 'Cold Poem'?
(a) God.
(b) The sky.
(c) Their own bones.
(d) Their past.

5. What does the narrator say she is close to in 'Cold Poem'?
(a) The edge.
(b) Death.
(c) Nature.
(d) Winter.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Who killed a crow the week before in 'Crows and Owls'?

4. What makes the crows so angry with the owl in 'Crows and Owls'?

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

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