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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. What month does the narrator of 'A Poem for the Blue Heron' see the blue heron?
(a) September.
(b) August.
(c) October.
(d) November.

2. What does the narrator say moles accomplish during their lives in 'Moles'?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Everything.
(c) Wreaking havoc.
(d) Replenishing the earth.

3. What did someone tell the narrator in the second part of 'A Poem for the Blue Heron'?
(a) She is limited.
(b) All things are for a reason.
(c) God has abandoned man.
(d) Some things are impossible.

4. What is the only part of the narrator's body she is concerned with in 'August'?
(a) Her lips.
(b) Her tongue.
(c) Her fingers.
(d) Her stomach.

5. What does the narrator recognize for the first time in 'Web'?
(a) Need.
(b) Danger.
(c) Poison.
(d) Fear.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator of 'A Poem for the Blue Heron' build lots of when it grows cold?

2. What was Lydia doing when she went missing in 'The Lost Children'?

3. What pulls the mushrooms in 'Mushrooms' from the ground?

4. What does the narrator of 'Clapp's Pond' do when it starts to rain?

5. What do the moles hide under in 'Moles'?

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