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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 narrator of 'Cold Poem' say men become when it grows colder?
(a) Wise and old.
(b) Bold and fearful.
(c) Cruel and honest.
(d) Pure and innocent.

2. How many crows hunt together in 'Crows and Owls'?
(a) 9.
(b) 8.
(c) 6.
(d) 7.

3. What makes John Chapman a legend in 'John Chapman'?
(a) His relations with the Indians.
(b) His trees.
(c) His speeches.
(d) His clothing.

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

5. What does the narrator of 'Clapp's Pond' do when it starts to rain?
(a) Makes her way home.
(b) Dances in the rain.
(c) Goes inside her tent.
(d) Puts more logs on the fire.

Short Answer Questions

1. What charts the health of the patients at the hospital?

2. What color is the beast in 'Tasting the Wild Grapes'?

3. How old is the narrator when she walks through the whorehouse?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Who was John Chapman?

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

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

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

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

6. Where does personification fit in 'Lightning'?

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

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

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

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

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