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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 'The Honey Tree' love as she climbs the honey tree?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Herself.
(c) Her body.
(d) Her home.

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

3. What kind of body does the narrator want in 'The Sea'?
(a) Flexible.
(b) Flaming.
(c) Watering.
(d) Fluid.

4. What does the narrator of 'The Snakes' compare the snakes to?
(a) A matched team.
(b) A choral piece.
(c) Leaves on the breeze.
(d) All of these.

5. What does the narrator of 'Bluefish' compare the Bluefish to as they eat?
(a) A swarm.
(b) A wave.
(c) A cloud.
(d) Fire.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the leaves on the honey tree look like?

2. Who pushes packed leaves in 'Spring'?

3. In 'Fish', where is the fish when he dies?

4. What is the narrator doing in 'White Night'?

5. What is described in the second part of 'Little Sister Pond'?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the narrator of 'The Plum Trees' say a man must not succumb to?

2. What is the prayer whispered in 'The Garden', and who is it meant for?

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

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

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

6. What does the narrator of 'The Roses' say there is no end to?

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

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

9. What does Tecumseh mean?

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

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