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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do some people not gather the mushrooms in 'Mushrooms'?
(a) Some are poison.
(b) Some do not like them.
(c) They are protected.
(d) They are in a hidden place.

2. Who does the narrator feel most sorry for in 'The Lost Children'?
(a) The siblings.
(b) The children.
(c) The parents.
(d) The abductors.

3. What is the blue heron looking for in 'A Poem for the Blue Heron'?
(a) Food.
(b) A companion.
(c) A home.
(d) Water.

4. Where does the snake hide when the rain comes in 'Rain in Ohio'?
(a) The grass.
(b) A tree.
(c) The ground.
(d) The lake.

5. How old was Isaac when he went missing in 'The Lost Children'?
(a) 11.
(b) 9.
(c) 10.
(d) 12.

6. What did the narrator think Isaac caught when he went missing in 'The Lost Children'?
(a) A will to live.
(b) Confusion of self.
(c) Adventure.
(d) Dancing feet.

7. What does the narrator of 'A Poem for the Blue Heron' build lots of when it grows cold?
(a) Fires.
(b) Meals.
(c) Homes.
(d) Graves.

8. How does the narrator get into the whorehouse?
(a) She uses a skeleton key.
(b) She climbs through a hole in the roof.
(c) She climbs through a broken window.
(d) She breaks down the door.

9. Who killed a crow the week before in 'Crows and Owls'?
(a) An owl.
(b) A hawk.
(c) A man.
(d) A fox.

10. How long did it take for Lydia's family to find where she slept in 'The Lost Children'?
(a) 6 days.
(b) 5 days.
(c) 7 days.
(d) 8 days.

11. What blurs the moles' traceries in 'Moles'?
(a) Fieldwork.
(b) Wind.
(c) Grass.
(d) Rain.

12. How does the narrator describe the shark heading for the seals in 'Cold Poem'?
(a) Obscure.
(b) Aggressive.
(c) Angry.
(d) Beautiful.

13. What makes the crows so angry with the owl in 'Crows and Owls'?
(a) It mocked the crows' loss.
(b) It allowed a crow to be killed.
(c) It killed a crow.
(d) It took over the crows' nest.

14. What is the narrator unsure she can do in 'Web'?
(a) Breathe.
(b) Speak.
(c) See.
(d) Walk.

15. What made people think Lydia was taken by Indians in 'The Lost Children'?
(a) She dropped trinkets on a road to a reservation.
(b) Her mother had a dream.
(c) There was a message left.
(d) Horseprints were found by her bonnet.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does John Chapman always try to honor in 'John Chapman'?

2. What does the narrator compare sin to in 'An Old Whorehouse'?

3. How do men protect themselves when it grows colder, according to 'Cold Poem'?

4. How does the narrator describe the stranger in 'Flying'?

5. What was Lydia doing when she went missing in 'The Lost Children'?

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