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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator of 'Blossom' say people long for before their death?
(a) Comfort.
(b) Joy.
(c) Meaning.
(d) Understanding.

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

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

4. Where did the narrator of' Music' first hear the music?
(a) By the sea.
(b) In a dream.
(c) In a church.
(d) In a forest glade.

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

6. What is the narrator doing in 'White Night'?
(a) Floating.
(b) Eating.
(c) Writing.
(d) Sleeping.

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

8. What do the trees in the 'Blackwater Woods' give off?
(a) A protection.
(b) A fragrance.
(c) Shelter.
(d) Food.

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

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

11. What does the narrator drop into the grass in 'The Meeting'?
(a) A weapon.
(b) A dress.
(c) A package.
(d) A book.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator of 'The Honey Tree' love as she climbs the honey tree?

2. What does the narrator of 'The Honey Tree' compare herself to as she climb's the honey tree?

3. What was the narrator of 'Bluefish' doing when she saw the Bluefish?

4. What do the flowers in 'May' possess a certainty of?

5. What kind of nuggets are found in 'Spring'?

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