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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 John Chapman use as a hat in 'John Chapman'?
(a) A tarp.
(b) A pot.
(c) A board.
(d) A blanket.

2. How old is the narrator when she walks through the whorehouse?
(a) 13.
(b) 14.
(c) 12.
(d) 15.

3. What was in the attic in 'Web'?
(a) A bat.
(b) A Black Widow.
(c) A snake.
(d) A bird.

4. What does the dust try to hide in the whorehouse?
(a) The past.
(b) The sin.
(c) The glamour.
(d) The allure.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who heard John Chapman talking about women in 'John Chapman'?

2. How does the narrator describe the stranger in 'Flying'?

3. What is the beast in 'Tasting the Wild Grapes'?

4. What does the crow call in 'Rain in Ohio'?

5. How many people does the narrator walk through the whorehouse with in 'An Old Whorehouse'?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who was John Chapman?

2. What do the Sioux say about ghosts in the poem 'Ghosts'?

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

4. What does the narrator think about while watching nature in Flamingo?

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

6. What question does the narrator want to ask the stranger on the plane in 'Flying'?

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

8. What is the central theme in the first four poems?

9. What is the ironic idea included in 'Mushrooms'?

10. What are the vultures in 'Vultures' compared to in an ironic analogy?

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