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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 of 'Clapp's Pond' do when it starts to rain?
(a) Dances in the rain.
(b) Makes her way home.
(c) Puts more logs on the fire.
(d) Goes inside her tent.

2. How does the narrator describe the stranger in 'Flying'?
(a) Suspicious.
(b) Beautiful.
(c) Strange.
(d) Familiar.

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

4. Why did the narrator in 'The Lost Children' say Tarhe refused to return Isaac?
(a) He was afraid.
(b) He had no need for money.
(c) He needed the work.
(d) He loved him.

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

6. What does the narrator want to do to the stranger in 'Flying'?
(a) Be with him.
(b) Take a picture of him.
(c) Touch him.
(d) Talk to him.

7. What charts the health of the patients at the hospital?
(a) Machines.
(b) Nurses.
(c) All of these.
(d) Doctors.

8. What was Isaac doing when he went missing in 'The Lost Children'?
(a) Heading to school.
(b) Working in the fields.
(c) Swimming.
(d) Going for a walk.

9. What does the narrator say man has a secret love for in 'Cold Poem'?
(a) The sky.
(b) Their own bones.
(c) Their past.
(d) God.

10. What does the narrator eat in 'August'?
(a) Wheat bread.
(b) Strawberries.
(c) Blackberries.
(d) Cookies.

11. In 'Clapp's Pond', what does the narrator see drinking from the lake miles away?
(a) A doe.
(b) A pheasant.
(c) An egret.
(d) A rabbit.

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

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

14. How did the narrator of 'The Kitten' feel when she buried the kitten?
(a) Confused.
(b) Lonely.
(c) Peaceful.
(d) Sad.

15. Where is the dead kitten buried in 'The Kitten'?
(a) A flower bed.
(b) A graveyard.
(c) A garden.
(d) A field.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does John Chapman use as a hat in 'John Chapman'?

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

3. What is the whorehouse filled with?

4. What does the narrator say she is close to in 'Cold Poem'?

5. How does the narrator describe the shark heading for the seals in 'Cold Poem'?

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