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

2. What does the narrator dream about in 'Cold Poem'?
(a) Flowers and rain.
(b) Harvest and feasts.
(c) Fruit and grain.
(d) Snow and ice.

3. What does the water turn to according to the metaphor in 'A Poem For the Blue Heron'?
(a) Memory.
(b) Mist.
(c) Fire.
(d) Glass.

4. What does the crow call in 'Rain in Ohio'?
(a) Rain.
(b) Hooray.
(c) Plunder.
(d) Help.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the narrator compare sin to in 'An Old Whorehouse'?

3. What is the beast in 'Tasting the Wild Grapes'?

4. What is the whorehouse filled with?

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

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