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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 lightning teach the narrator about in 'Lightning'?
(a) Creation.
(b) Electricity.
(c) Fear.
(d) Human nature.

2. In 'Clapp's Pond', what does the narrator see drinking from the lake miles away?
(a) A pheasant.
(b) A rabbit.
(c) An egret.
(d) A doe.

3. What season can John Chapman still be sensed in 'John Chapman'?
(a) Fall.
(b) Winter.
(c) Summer.
(d) Spring.

4. What beats the roof in 'Lightning'?
(a) Tree branches.
(b) Hail.
(c) Rain.
(d) Rocks.

5. Which of these is used to describe the moles in 'Moles'?
(a) All of these.
(b) Quick.
(c) Shy.
(d) Hidden.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the narrator say she is close to in 'Cold Poem'?

3. What season does 'Mushrooms' take place in?

4. What does the narrator recognize for the first time in 'Web'?

5. Why did the narrator in 'The Lost Children' say Tarhe refused to return Isaac?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What is the main metaphor used in 'Lightning'?

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

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

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

8. Who was John Chapman?

9. What chafes the narrator in 'Fall Song'?

10. What does the narrator of 'Egrets' say allows them to step without fear?

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