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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 'Cold Poem' say men become when it grows colder?
(a) Pure and innocent.
(b) Wise and old.
(c) Bold and fearful.
(d) Cruel and honest.

2. How many crows hunt together in 'Crows and Owls'?
(a) 7.
(b) 8.
(c) 9.
(d) 6.

3. What does the narrator dream about in 'Cold Poem'?
(a) Snow and ice.
(b) Harvest and feasts.
(c) Flowers and rain.
(d) Fruit and grain.

4. What springs up behind John Chapman as he wanders in 'John Chapman'?
(a) Fond memories.
(b) Weeds and thistles.
(c) Pixies.
(d) Apple trees.

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

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

7. What season does 'Mushrooms' take place in?
(a) Fall.
(b) Spring.
(c) Winter.
(d) Summer.

8. What does the narrator see sizzling under the door in 'Web'?
(a) Mirrors.
(b) Lightning.
(c) Electric lights.
(d) Ambulance lights.

9. In 'Clapp's Pond', how wide is Clapp's Pond?
(a) 2 miles.
(b) 4 miles.
(c) 1 mile.
(d) 3 miles.

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

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

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

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

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

15. What does the narrator say the wind has in 'Web'?
(a) Breath.
(b) Language.
(c) A mind.
(d) Bones.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do some people label the beast in 'Tasting the Wild Grapes' as?

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

3. How did the narrator of 'The Kitten' feel when she buried the kitten?

4. What causes the beast in 'Tasting the Wild Grapes' to explode at times?

5. How many people does the narrator walk through the whorehouse with in 'An Old Whorehouse'?

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