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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. What does the narrator of 'Blossom' say death is a state of?
(a) Necessity.
(b) Being.
(c) Paralysis.
(d) Sleep.

2. What does John Chapman use as a hat in 'John Chapman'?
(a) A tarp.
(b) A board.
(c) A pot.
(d) A blanket.

3. Why does the narrator say humpbacks sing?
(a) To show their inner-beauty.
(b) For reasons man cannot understand.
(c) To communicate their desires.
(d) All of these.

4. What does the trapdoor do in 'Web'?
(a) Unnails itself.
(b) Breaks away.
(c) Bars her inside.
(d) Sings and squeals.

5. What does the changing water remind the blue heron of in 'A Poem For the Blue Heron'?
(a) Summer.
(b) Mating.
(c) Migration.
(d) Winter.

Short Answer Questions

1. What can be seen by an animal in 'Spring'?

2. Why do some people not gather the mushrooms in 'Mushrooms'?

3. How does the narrator describe her thoughts in the third part of 'Little Sister Pond'?

4. Where does the snake hide when the rain comes in 'Rain in Ohio'?

5. What is the narrator doing in 'White Night'?

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