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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator say moles accomplish during their lives in 'Moles'?
(a) Replenishing the earth.
(b) Everything.
(c) Wreaking havoc.
(d) Nothing.

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

3. What was Lydia's last name in 'The Lost Children'?
(a) Osborn.
(b) Oslynn.
(c) Osmond.
(d) Ossin.

4. How did Isaac feel when he returned to the world in 'The Lost Children'?
(a) Alone.
(b) Lost.
(c) Relieved.
(d) Happy.

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

6. What does the narrator recognize for the first time in 'Web'?
(a) Poison.
(b) Fear.
(c) Need.
(d) Danger.

7. What kind of home does the blue heron leave to find in 'A Poem For the Blue Heron'?
(a) A nest.
(b) A tree.
(c) A shallow ditch.
(d) A cave.

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

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

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

11. What makes John Chapman a legend in 'John Chapman'?
(a) His speeches.
(b) His clothing.
(c) His trees.
(d) His relations with the Indians.

12. What does the narrator of 'Clapp's Pond' say vanishes sometimes at Clapp's Pond?
(a) Distance.
(b) Worldly needs.
(c) The past.
(d) Relationships.

13. What beats the roof in 'Lightning'?
(a) Rocks.
(b) Tree branches.
(c) Hail.
(d) Rain.

14. Where is the narrator in 'Flying'?
(a) A plane.
(b) A hot-air balloon.
(c) A large meeting.
(d) An airport.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What shines in 'Lightning'?

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

3. What does the narrator eat in 'August'?

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

5. In 'John Chapman', what state does John Chapman live in?

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