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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 heal or fester.
(d) To prosper or fail.

2. What does the lightning teach the narrator about in 'Lightning'?
(a) Fear.
(b) Human nature.
(c) Creation.
(d) Electricity.

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

4. What does the crow dream about in 'Crows and Owls'?
(a) Beating a man.
(b) Catching an owl.
(c) Finding a lover.
(d) Laying eggs.

5. What is thriving at the Boston Hospital?
(a) The trees.
(b) Death.
(c) The nurses.
(d) The children.

6. What was Lydia doing when she went missing in 'The Lost Children'?
(a) Checking her mail.
(b) Visiting a friend.
(c) Going for a walk.
(d) Herding her cows.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

15. 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) 8 days.
(d) 6 days.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where could the narrator in 'The Kitten' have taken the kitten?

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

3. What does the narrator dream about in 'Cold Poem'?

4. Which of these is used to describe the moles in 'Moles'?

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

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