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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. How many snakes are seen by the narrator in 'The Snakes'?
(a) 5.
(b) 4.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

2. What do the flowers in 'May' possess a certainty of?
(a) Their reason for life.
(b) Their potential for giving.
(c) The place of our existence.
(d) Their coming death.

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

4. What does the narrator see sizzling under the door in 'Web'?
(a) Mirrors.
(b) Lightning.
(c) Ambulance lights.
(d) Electric lights.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator say happens to the woods in the winter in 'A Poem for the Blue Heron'?

2. Who does the narrator feel most sorry for in 'The Lost Children'?

3. What makes the narrator of 'Fish' and the fish one?

4. How old was Isaac when he went missing in 'The Lost Children'?

5. What season can John Chapman still be sensed in 'John Chapman'?

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