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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) Stingers.
(c) Pain.
(d) Pure light.

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

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

4. What does the narrator not want to do in 'White Night'?
(a) Wake up.
(b) Argue.
(c) Startle the night.
(d) Age.

5. What color is the creature described in the second part of 'Little Sister Pond'?
(a) Gray.
(b) Golden.
(c) White.
(d) Blue.

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

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

8. What are compared to black blossoms in 'Blossom'?
(a) Ponds.
(b) Winter.
(c) A bear.
(d) The night.

9. Who pushes packed leaves in 'Spring'?
(a) The narrator's rake.
(b) The narrator's dog.
(c) A mouse.
(d) A squirrel.

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

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

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

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

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

15. What wanders with the narrator in 'White Night'?
(a) The river.
(b) The stars.
(c) The moon.
(d) The clouds.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator of 'Humpbacks' compare the jumps of a humpback to?

2. Why must bodies be held back in 'Humpbacks'?

3. What does the narrator want to do at the end of 'The Meeting'?

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

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

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