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

2. How did Isaac go missing in 'The Lost Children'?
(a) He fell in a pit.
(b) He ran away.
(c) He was stolen.
(d) He got lost.

3. What wanders with the narrator in 'White Night'?
(a) The clouds.
(b) The moon.
(c) The stars.
(d) The river.

4. How many humpbacks are near the boat in 'Humpbacks'?
(a) 5.
(b) 2.
(c) 4.
(d) 3.

5. What does the narrator compare sin to in 'An Old Whorehouse'?
(a) Tar.
(b) Stagnant water.
(c) Flowers.
(d) Memories.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator want to do to the stranger in 'Flying'?

2. What swarms around the animal in 'Happiness'?

3. What flows through the branches of the plum trees?

4. How does the sea move, as described in the poem 'The Sea'?

5. In 'Humpbacks', what does the narrator say holds the most allure for people?

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