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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of these words does the narrator use to describe the rain in 'Spring'?
(a) Soft.
(b) All of these.
(c) Pale.
(d) Clean.

2. What has a captain in 'Humpbacks' seen a whale playing with?
(a) Seaweed.
(b) Life savers.
(c) Driftwood.
(d) Bubbles.

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

4. In 'Fish', where is the fish when he dies?
(a) A boat.
(b) A mud flat.
(c) A pail.
(d) The river.

5. What makes the narrator of 'Fish' and the fish one?
(a) When it bites her.
(b) When she watches it die.
(c) When she eats it.
(d) When she releases it to the ocean.

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

7. What does the narrator of 'The Sea' call the sea?
(a) Her sanctuary.
(b) Her dream house.
(c) The illustration of her soul.
(d) The birthplace of her best thoughts.

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

9. What does the narrator feel inside her at the end of 'Fish'?
(a) The fish.
(b) The sea.
(c) Guilt.
(d) Blood.

10. What chops at people like an iron hoe in 'Blossom'?
(a) Relationships.
(b) Time.
(c) Seasons.
(d) Nature.

11. What provides spiritual honey to the narrator of 'May'?
(a) The coming spring.
(b) The hum of the bees.
(c) The rain.
(d) The blossoms.

12. What does the narrator of 'The Snakes' compare the snakes to?
(a) All of these.
(b) A matched team.
(c) A choral piece.
(d) Leaves on the breeze.

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

14. What is the animal in 'Happiness' doing?
(a) Soaring in the sky.
(b) Caring for her children.
(c) Mating.
(d) Looking for food.

15. What does the narrator of 'The Honey Tree' love as she climbs the honey tree?
(a) Her body.
(b) Herself.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Her home.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator not want to do in 'White Night'?

2. What does the narrator of 'White Night' compare the coming morning to?

3. Where did the narrator of 'Music' later hear the music again?

4. How many snakes are seen by the narrator in 'The Snakes'?

5. What kind of life would the narrator of 'The Meeting' like to live?

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