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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the water turn to according to the metaphor in 'A Poem For the Blue Heron'?
(a) Glass.
(b) Memory.
(c) Fire.
(d) Mist.

2. What was Isaac doing when he went missing in 'The Lost Children'?
(a) Swimming.
(b) Working in the fields.
(c) Going for a walk.
(d) Heading to school.

3. What springs up behind John Chapman as he wanders in 'John Chapman'?
(a) Pixies.
(b) Fond memories.
(c) Weeds and thistles.
(d) Apple trees.

4. What is the blue heron looking for in 'A Poem for the Blue Heron'?
(a) Water.
(b) A home.
(c) A companion.
(d) Food.

5. How does the narrator describe the stranger in 'Flying'?
(a) Familiar.
(b) Strange.
(c) Beautiful.
(d) Suspicious.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was in the attic in 'Web'?

2. How many crows hunt together in 'Crows and Owls'?

3. What do the moles find delicious in 'Moles'?

4. What does the narrator say the wind has in 'Web'?

5. What does the narrator want to do to the stranger in 'Flying'?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the narrator of 'August' accept during the poem?

2. What does the narrator see before leaving the hospital in 'University Hospital, Boston'?

3. In 'The Bobcat', what does the bobcat do that astounds the narrator?

4. In 'First Snow', what is brought about by the first snow?

5. In 'The Kitten', what does the narrator feel as she buries the kitten, and why?

6. How does the narrator feel as she drives to the White Forest in 'The Bobcat'?

7. How does the narrator of 'Fall Song' describe the present time?

8. Who was John Chapman?

9. Where does personification fit in 'Lightning'?

10. How do most people feel about vultures according to the narrator of 'Vultures'?

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