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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 crow dream about in 'Crows and Owls'?
(a) Laying eggs.
(b) Catching an owl.
(c) Beating a man.
(d) Finding a lover.

2. What month does the narrator of 'A Poem for the Blue Heron' see the blue heron?
(a) October.
(b) November.
(c) September.
(d) August.

3. What do the birds decide not to do in the winter in 'A Poem for the Blue Heron'?
(a) Die.
(b) Leave.
(c) Stay.
(d) Move.

4. What is the narrator unsure she can do in 'Web'?
(a) Walk.
(b) Breathe.
(c) Speak.
(d) See.

5. What does the narrator say the wind has in 'Web'?
(a) Breath.
(b) A mind.
(c) Language.
(d) Bones.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the dead kitten buried in 'The Kitten'?

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

3. What causes the beast in 'Tasting the Wild Grapes' to explode at times?

4. According to 'John Chapman', what decision must people make when they are in pain?

5. Which of these is used to describe the moles in 'Moles'?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does the narrator in 'University Hospital, Boston' think about when she hears how old the hospital is?

3. Where does personification fit in 'Lightning'?

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

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

6. What kind of annoyances does the narrator of 'Egrets' face while going to see the egrets?

7. Who was John Chapman?

8. What is 'Ghosts' really about?

9. What does the narrator say about the trees at the Boston Hospital in 'University Hospital, Boston'?

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

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