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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. Where could the narrator in 'The Kitten' have taken the kitten?
(a) A graveyard.
(b) A land fill.
(c) A vet.
(d) A museum.

2. What causes the beast in 'Tasting the Wild Grapes' to explode at times?
(a) The smell of grapes.
(b) Hearing footsteps.
(c) The sound of thunder.
(d) Walking by it.

3. What does the lightning teach the narrator about in 'Lightning'?
(a) Human nature.
(b) Electricity.
(c) Fear.
(d) Creation.

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

5. How many crows hunt together in 'Crows and Owls'?
(a) 6.
(b) 7.
(c) 9.
(d) 8.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is the narrator when she walks through the whorehouse?

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

3. How many people does the narrator walk through the whorehouse with in 'An Old Whorehouse'?

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

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

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