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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 John Chapman use as a hat in 'John Chapman'?
(a) A board.
(b) A blanket.
(c) A tarp.
(d) A pot.

2. What does the narrator of 'A Poem for the Blue Heron' build lots of when it grows cold?
(a) Homes.
(b) Fires.
(c) Graves.
(d) Meals.

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

4. How did Isaac go missing in 'The Lost Children'?
(a) He got lost.
(b) He was stolen.
(c) He fell in a pit.
(d) He ran away.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who heard John Chapman talking about women in 'John Chapman'?

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

4. What does the narrator compare sin to in 'An Old Whorehouse'?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What sound does the narrator describe at the beginning of 'Postcard from Flamingo'?

4. What is the central theme in the first four poems?

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

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

7. What is 'Ghosts' really about?

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

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

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

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