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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the whorehouse filled with?
(a) Pictures.
(b) Cobwebs.
(c) Bones.
(d) Old clothing.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What does the narrator say happens to the woods in the winter in 'A Poem for the Blue Heron'?
(a) They become dangerous.
(b) They get empty.
(c) They get noisy.
(d) They grow in silence.

10. What did the narrator think Isaac caught when he went missing in 'The Lost Children'?
(a) Confusion of self.
(b) Adventure.
(c) A will to live.
(d) Dancing feet.

11. What does the narrator recognize for the first time in 'Web'?
(a) Fear.
(b) Danger.
(c) Poison.
(d) Need.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to 'John Chapman', what decision must people make when they are in pain?

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

3. What does the narrator say moles accomplish during their lives in 'Moles'?

4. What does the crow call in 'Rain in Ohio'?

5. What does the lightning teach the narrator about in 'Lightning'?

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