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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is described in the second part of 'Little Sister Pond'?
(a) A doe.
(b) A fish.
(c) A frog.
(d) A damselfly.

2. What becomes nameless in the 'Blackwater Woods'?
(a) The trees.
(b) The rivers.
(c) The ponds.
(d) The travellers.

3. What does the narrator of 'White Night' compare the coming morning to?
(a) A glass shattering.
(b) An open shutter.
(c) A hurricane.
(d) A chaotic ending.

4. What does the narrator not want to do in 'White Night'?
(a) Argue.
(b) Age.
(c) Wake up.
(d) Startle the night.

5. What is the country made of in 'Humpbacks'?
(a) Earth.
(b) Fire.
(c) Water.
(d) Air.

6. How many humpbacks are near the boat in 'Humpbacks'?
(a) 4.
(b) 3.
(c) 2.
(d) 5.

7. What does the narrator of 'Music' compare the body to?
(a) A musical stanza.
(b) A sweet forest glade.
(c) A honey locust tree.
(d) A prop for ears.

8. How does the sea move, as described in the poem 'The Sea'?
(a) Stroke by stroke.
(b) Wave by wave.
(c) Wind by wind.
(d) Splash by splash.

9. In 'Fish', what does the fish refuse to do?
(a) Leave its cave.
(b) Release the hook.
(c) Die quietly.
(d) Bite the hook.

10. How does the narrator describe a muskrat in 'White Night'?
(a) Luminous.
(b) Lovely.
(c) Lazy.
(d) Lethargic.

11. What wants to join with the narrator's legs in 'The Sea'?
(a) Her thoughts.
(b) Her dreams.
(c) Her life.
(d) Her needs.

12. In 'Humpbacks', what does the narrator say holds the most allure for people?
(a) Nature.
(b) Their past.
(c) Their dreams.
(d) The ocean.

13. What flows through the branches of the plum trees?
(a) Light.
(b) Warmth.
(c) Richness.
(d) Sugar.

14. What does the narrator of 'Bluefish' compare the Bluefish to?
(a) Ghosts.
(b) Angels.
(c) Demons.
(d) Fairies.

15. What does the narrator want to do at the end of 'The Meeting'?
(a) See her child once more.
(b) Live her life over again.
(c) Undo mistakes.
(d) Prolong her life.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why must bodies be held back in 'Humpbacks'?

2. How does the narrator describe the movement of the creature described in the second part of 'Little Sister Pond'?

3. What chops at people like an iron hoe in 'Blossom'?

4. Which of these does the narrator of 'The Snakes' compare the snakes to?

5. What is the narrator doing in 'White Night'?

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