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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What do the trees in the 'Blackwater Woods' turn themselves into?
(a) Santuaries.
(b) Pillars of light.
(c) Guardians.
(d) Castle towers.

3. What begins the day in 'Morning at Great Pond'?
(a) Memories of dreams.
(b) The squeak of a door.
(c) Forks of light.
(d) Screeches of birds.

4. Where did the narrator of 'Music' later hear the music again?
(a) At her workplace.
(b) Behind closed doors.
(c) In her memories.
(d) In her dreams.

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

6. What kills the fish in the poem, 'Fish'?
(a) The hook.
(b) The air.
(c) A boat.
(d) Another fish.

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

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

9. What are seen drinking at the Great Pond?
(a) Ducks.
(b) All of these.
(c) Deer.
(d) Herons.

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

11. How many snakes are seen by the narrator in 'The Snakes'?
(a) 2.
(b) 3.
(c) 4.
(d) 5.

12. What do the leaves on the honey tree look like?
(a) Warning signs.
(b) Dark hair.
(c) Fur.
(d) Badges.

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

14. What do the frogs shout in 'Blossom'?
(a) Their standards.
(b) Their needs.
(c) Their desires.
(d) Their poems.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In 'Humpbacks', what do the people do when the humpbacks appear?

2. What does the listener drown in in 'Music'?

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

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

5. What wanders with the narrator in 'White Night'?

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