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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 in 'August' compare what she is eating to?
(a) Life.
(b) Nectar.
(c) Honey.
(d) Love.

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

3. Who heard John Chapman talking about women in 'John Chapman'?
(a) Mrs. Prue.
(b) Mrs. Price.
(c) Ms. Preece.
(d) Ms. Park.

4. What does the narrator recognize for the first time in 'Web'?
(a) Need.
(b) Fear.
(c) Danger.
(d) Poison.

5. What does John Chapman always try to honor in 'John Chapman'?
(a) God's creations.
(b) The law.
(c) Government officials.
(d) The Indians.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator say the wind has in 'Web'?

2. What was Isaac's last name in 'The Lost Children'?

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

4. What does the changing water remind the blue heron of in 'A Poem For the Blue Heron'?

5. What does the narrator feel during the storm in 'Lightning'?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is 'Ghosts' really about?

3. What question is asked at the beginning of 'Ghosts'?

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

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. What chafes the narrator in 'Fall Song'?

8. Who was John Chapman?

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

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

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