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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. Where did the narrator of' Music' first hear the music?
(a) By the sea.
(b) In a church.
(c) In a dream.
(d) In a forest glade.

2. What do the flowers in 'May' possess a certainty of?
(a) Their potential for giving.
(b) Their coming death.
(c) Their reason for life.
(d) The place of our existence.

3. What does the narrator of 'White Night' compare the muskrat's house to?
(a) A tent.
(b) A cave.
(c) A castle.
(d) An apartment.

4. What is the narrator doing in 'White Night'?
(a) Floating.
(b) Eating.
(c) Sleeping.
(d) Writing.

5. What is the country made of in 'Humpbacks'?
(a) Air.
(b) Water.
(c) Fire.
(d) Earth.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the narrator describe a muskrat in 'White Night'?

2. What touches the head of the muskrat in 'White Night'?

3. What color is the creature described in the second part of 'Little Sister Pond'?

4. What chops at people like an iron hoe in 'Blossom'?

5. What wanders with the narrator in 'White Night'?

Short Essay Questions

1. What three things does the narrator of 'In Blackwater Woods' say all men must do?

2. What happens in the sixth part of 'Little Sister Pond'?

3. What is the first big question asked of the reader in 'Tecumseh'?

4. What does the narrator of 'Morning at Great Pond' say the coming morning renews in her at the Great Pond?

5. What do the lovers in 'Something' do?

6. What are the snakes compared to in 'Snakes'?

7. How does the narrator of 'The Plum Trees' say happiness must be tempted?

8. What do the lovers in 'Something' hear?

9. What sad event happens in the second part of 'Something'?

10. What does the narrator of 'Honey at the Table' say the taste of honey is composed of?

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