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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In 'The Honey Tree', what is found in the honey tree?
(a) Memories.
(b) Pure light.
(c) Stingers.
(d) Pain.

2. What does the narrator of 'White Night' compare the muskrat's house to?
(a) An apartment.
(b) A cave.
(c) A tent.
(d) A castle.

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

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

5. Why does the narrator say humpbacks sing?
(a) To communicate their desires.
(b) For reasons man cannot understand.
(c) To show their inner-beauty.
(d) All of these.

6. In 'Humpbacks', what do the people do when the humpbacks appear?
(a) Cry out in fear.
(b) Shout for joy.
(c) Smile inwardly.
(d) Faint.

7. What does the narrator of 'Bluefish' compare the Bluefish to as they eat?
(a) A swarm.
(b) A wave.
(c) A cloud.
(d) Fire.

8. What do the Bluefish eat?
(a) Crabs.
(b) Seaweed.
(c) Dragonflies.
(d) Minnows.

9. Which of these does the narrator of 'The Snakes' compare the snakes to?
(a) Dripping honey.
(b) Dance partners.
(c) None of these.
(d) Clouds billowing.

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

11. What dives into the storm in 'May'?
(a) The rain.
(b) The children.
(c) The bees.
(d) The wind.

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

13. What kind of nuggets are found in 'Spring'?
(a) Passage.
(b) Growth.
(c) Pleasure.
(d) Joy.

14. What kind of animal is featured in 'Happiness'?
(a) An owl.
(b) A bear.
(c) A squirrel.
(d) A fox.

15. What does the listener in 'Music' do?
(a) Follow her.
(b) All of these.
(c) Listen.
(d) Stand as still as possible.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator of 'Music' make music with?

2. Which of these words does the narrator use to describe the rain in 'Spring'?

3. What kind of mythical creature does the narrator compare herself to in 'Music'?

4. Where did the narrator of' Music' first hear the music?

5. What wants to join with the narrator's legs in 'The Sea'?

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