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

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

3. What makes the crows so angry with the owl in 'Crows and Owls'?
(a) It took over the crows' nest.
(b) It killed a crow.
(c) It mocked the crows' loss.
(d) It allowed a crow to be killed.

4. What color is the beast in 'Tasting the Wild Grapes'?
(a) Red.
(b) White.
(c) Black.
(d) Brown.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the narrator describe the stranger in 'Flying'?

2. According to 'John Chapman', what decision must people make when they are in pain?

3. What is the only part of the narrator's body she is concerned with in 'August'?

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

5. What do the birds decide not to do in the winter in 'A Poem for the Blue Heron'?

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