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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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.

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

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

5. What did John Chapman call women in 'John Chapman'?
(a) Masked beings.
(b) Deceivers.
(c) Creators.
(d) Beauty.

6. What color is the beast in 'Tasting the Wild Grapes'?
(a) Black.
(b) Brown.
(c) Red.
(d) White.

7. Which of these is used to describe the moles in 'Moles'?
(a) Quick.
(b) Hidden.
(c) Shy.
(d) All of these.

8. What do some people label the beast in 'Tasting the Wild Grapes' as?
(a) A thought.
(b) A vision.
(c) A nuisance.
(d) A sound.

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

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

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

12. What does the crow call in 'Rain in Ohio'?
(a) Hooray.
(b) Plunder.
(c) Rain.
(d) Help.

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

14. What does the narrator feel during the storm in 'Lightning'?
(a) Sensuality.
(b) Excitement.
(c) Fear.
(d) All of these.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the narrator in 'Flying'?

2. What does the narrator of 'Clapp's Pond' say vanishes sometimes at Clapp's Pond?

3. What was Isaac doing when he went missing in 'The Lost Children'?

4. How old is the narrator when she walks through the whorehouse?

5. What does John Chapman also use his hat for in 'John Chapman'?

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