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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What do the moles find delicious in 'Moles'?
(a) Dirt.
(b) Darkness.
(c) Sand.
(d) Work.

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

4. What was Isaac's last name in 'The Lost Children'?
(a) Zane.
(b) Fane.
(c) Dane.
(d) Rane.

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

6. What did someone tell the narrator in the second part of 'A Poem for the Blue Heron'?
(a) All things are for a reason.
(b) Some things are impossible.
(c) She is limited.
(d) God has abandoned man.

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

8. How many people does the narrator walk through the whorehouse with in 'An Old Whorehouse'?
(a) 2.
(b) 4.
(c) 1.
(d) 3.

9. What shines in 'Lightning'?
(a) The oaks.
(b) The house lights.
(c) The lake.
(d) The rain.

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

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

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

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

14. According to 'John Chapman', what decision must people make when they are in pain?
(a) To die or continue.
(b) To prosper or fail.
(c) To heal or fester.
(d) To feel or ignore.

15. Who heard John Chapman talking about women in 'John Chapman'?
(a) Ms. Preece.
(b) Ms. Park.
(c) Mrs. Prue.
(d) Mrs. Price.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator of 'Clapp's Pond' do when it starts to rain?

2. What does the dust try to hide in the whorehouse?

3. How old was Isaac when he went missing in 'The Lost Children'?

4. What does the narrator feel during the storm in 'Lightning'?

5. How long did it take for Lydia's family to find where she slept in 'The Lost Children'?

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