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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through May, White Night, The Fish, Honey at the Table and Crossing the Swamp.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who pushes packed leaves in 'Spring'?
(a) The narrator's dog.
(b) The narrator's rake.
(c) A squirrel.
(d) A mouse.

2. How does the narrator describe the shark heading for the seals in 'Cold Poem'?
(a) Obscure.
(b) Beautiful.
(c) Angry.
(d) Aggressive.

3. What does the rising sun in 'Morning at Great Pond' make the night do?
(a) Migrate.
(b) Dissolve.
(c) Bequeath its throne.
(d) Hide.

4. What does the narrator in 'August' compare what she is eating to?
(a) Honey.
(b) Nectar.
(c) Love.
(d) Life.

5. What begins the day in 'Morning at Great Pond'?
(a) Forks of light.
(b) Memories of dreams.
(c) Screeches of birds.
(d) The squeak of a door.

Short Answer Questions

1. In 'John Chapman', what state does John Chapman live in?

2. How does the narrator get into the whorehouse?

3. What rubs its hands all over the narrator in 'Spring'?

4. What makes John Chapman a legend in 'John Chapman'?

5. What can the miracle that provides life provide in darkness?

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