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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Bluefish, The Honey Tree, In Blackwater Woods, The Plum Trees and The Gardens.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the listener drown in in 'Music'?
(a) The pleasure.
(b) The music.
(c) The mystery.
(d) The river.

2. How does the narrator describe a muskrat in 'White Night'?
(a) Lovely.
(b) Lazy.
(c) Lethargic.
(d) Luminous.

3. What does the narrator of 'Music' compare the body to?
(a) A sweet forest glade.
(b) A musical stanza.
(c) A prop for ears.
(d) A honey locust tree.

4. What causes the beast in 'Tasting the Wild Grapes' to explode at times?
(a) The smell of grapes.
(b) Hearing footsteps.
(c) The sound of thunder.
(d) Walking by it.

5. What is the beast in 'Tasting the Wild Grapes'?
(a) A heron.
(b) A fox.
(c) A skunk.
(d) A rabbit.

Short Answer Questions

1. What season does 'Mushrooms' take place in?

2. What is described in the second part of 'Little Sister Pond'?

3. What beats the roof in 'Lightning'?

4. What kind of home does the blue heron leave to find in 'A Poem For the Blue Heron'?

5. How did the narrator of 'The Kitten' feel when she buried the kitten?

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