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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 pulls the mushrooms in 'Mushrooms' from the ground?
(a) The rains.
(b) The winds.
(c) The moisture.
(d) All of these.

2. What does the crow call in 'Rain in Ohio'?
(a) Hooray.
(b) Help.
(c) Rain.
(d) Plunder.

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

4. What season does 'Mushrooms' take place in?
(a) Spring.
(b) Summer.
(c) Winter.
(d) Fall.

5. Who does the narrator feel most sorry for in 'The Lost Children'?
(a) The parents.
(b) The siblings.
(c) The children.
(d) The abductors.

Short Answer Questions

1. What shines in 'Lightning'?

2. What is the whorehouse filled with?

3. How long did it take for Lydia's family to find where she slept in 'The Lost Children'?

4. What does the narrator say man has a secret love for in 'Cold Poem'?

5. What does John Chapman also use his hat for in 'John Chapman'?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who was John Chapman?

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

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

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

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

6. Where does personification fit in 'Lightning'?

7. What does the alligator in 'Postcard From Flamingo' do?

8. What does the narrator's companion tell her over and over while at the hospital in 'University Hospital, Boston'?

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

10. What does the first snow do to familiar things in the poem 'First Snow'?

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