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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Humpbacks, A Meeting, Little Sister Pond, The Roses and Blackberries.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In 'Clapp's Pond', what does the narrator see drinking from the lake miles away?
(a) A rabbit.
(b) A doe.
(c) A pheasant.
(d) An egret.

2. What are seen drinking at the Great Pond?
(a) Ducks.
(b) Herons.
(c) All of these.
(d) Deer.

3. What beats the roof in 'Lightning'?
(a) Tree branches.
(b) Hail.
(c) Rocks.
(d) Rain.

4. Which of these does the narrator of 'The Snakes' compare the snakes to?
(a) Dance partners.
(b) None of these.
(c) Dripping honey.
(d) Clouds billowing.

5. Who heard John Chapman talking about women in 'John Chapman'?
(a) Mrs. Prue.
(b) Ms. Preece.
(c) Ms. Park.
(d) Mrs. Price.

Short Answer Questions

1. In 'Humpbacks', what do the people do when the humpbacks appear?

2. What does the narrator describe at the beginning of 'Little Sister Pond'?

3. What did someone tell the narrator in the second part of 'A Poem for the Blue Heron'?

4. What do the flowers in 'May' possess a certainty of?

5. How did Isaac go missing in 'The Lost Children'?

(see the answer key)

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