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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 rising sun in 'Morning at Great Pond' make the night do?
(a) Dissolve.
(b) Migrate.
(c) Hide.
(d) Bequeath its throne.

2. What makes the narrator of 'Fish' and the fish one?
(a) When it bites her.
(b) When she releases it to the ocean.
(c) When she watches it die.
(d) When she eats it.

3. In 'Blackwater Woods', what is on the other side of the black river of loss?
(a) Experience.
(b) Salvation.
(c) Joy.
(d) Humility.

4. What can be seen by an animal in 'Spring'?
(a) Smells.
(b) Heat.
(c) Movements.
(d) Sounds.

5. What does the narrator of 'Blossom' say people long for before their death?
(a) Understanding.
(b) Joy.
(c) Comfort.
(d) Meaning.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In 'Humpbacks', what does the narrator say holds the most allure for people?

3. In 'The Honey Tree', what is found in the honey tree?

4. Who is the wood duck calling to in 'Little Sister Pond'?

5. What does the narrator spend time looking at in the third part of 'Little Sister Pond'?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does honey fill a person with according to the narrator of 'Honey at the Table'?

2. What do the fish do in the secret pools in 'Climbing the Chagrin River'?

3. In 'Crossing the Swamp', what does the narrator say she hopes to make of her life?

4. What does Tecumseh mean?

5. What does the narrator do in the second part of 'The Garden'?

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

7. What is the narrator's head full of in 'Blackberries'?

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

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

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

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