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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of body does the narrator want in 'The Sea'?
(a) Flaming.
(b) Watering.
(c) Flexible.
(d) Fluid.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What does the narrator of 'Humpbacks' compare the jumps of a humpback to?
(a) Songs.
(b) Poems.
(c) Myths.
(d) Novels.

11. Where does the narrator of 'White Night' want to lose herself?
(a) The clouds.
(b) Her wishes.
(c) Her dreams.
(d) The currents.

12. What does the rising sun in 'Morning at Great Pond' make the night do?
(a) Bequeath its throne.
(b) Dissolve.
(c) Migrate.
(d) Hide.

13. In 'Blackwater Woods', what is on the other side of the black river of loss?
(a) Joy.
(b) Humility.
(c) Experience.
(d) Salvation.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the trees in the 'Blackwater Woods' turn themselves into?

2. What swarms around the animal in 'Happiness'?

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

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

5. In 'Fish', what does the fish refuse to do?

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