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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 season can John Chapman still be sensed in 'John Chapman'?
(a) Fall.
(b) Summer.
(c) Spring.
(d) Winter.

2. How many people does the narrator walk through the whorehouse with in 'An Old Whorehouse'?
(a) 1.
(b) 2.
(c) 3.
(d) 4.

3. Who killed a crow the week before in 'Crows and Owls'?
(a) A man.
(b) An owl.
(c) A hawk.
(d) A fox.

4. What does the narrator of 'A Poem for the Blue Heron' build lots of when it grows cold?
(a) Meals.
(b) Fires.
(c) Homes.
(d) Graves.

5. Who does the narrator feel most sorry for in 'The Lost Children'?
(a) The abductors.
(b) The children.
(c) The siblings.
(d) The parents.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who heard John Chapman talking about women in 'John Chapman'?

2. What does the narrator in 'August' compare what she is eating to?

3. How does the narrator get into the whorehouse?

4. How did the narrator of 'The Kitten' feel when she buried the kitten?

5. What month does the narrator of 'A Poem for the Blue Heron' see the blue heron?

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