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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. How does the narrator describe the movement of the creature described in the second part of 'Little Sister Pond'?
(a) Small breaths.
(b) Quick gallops.
(c) Gentle zigs.
(d) Smooth dancing.

2. What is the animal in 'Happiness' doing?
(a) Caring for her children.
(b) Mating.
(c) Soaring in the sky.
(d) Looking for food.

3. What does the narrator of 'Blackwater Woods' say a man must love?
(a) Himself.
(b) God.
(c) Mortality.
(d) Others.

4. How does the narrator describe her thoughts in the third part of 'Little Sister Pond'?
(a) Heavy.
(b) Light.
(c) Gentle.
(d) Illuminating.

5. In 'Humpbacks', what do the people do when the humpbacks appear?
(a) Cry out in fear.
(b) Shout for joy.
(c) Smile inwardly.
(d) Faint.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of animal is featured in 'Happiness'?

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

3. What does the narrator of 'Blossom' say people long for before their death?

4. What does the listener in 'Music' do?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the narrator of 'The Roses' compare the blooming of the roses to?

2. What does the narrator in 'Something' learn the worth of after her lover dies?

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

4. What is the question asked at the end of 'The Garden'?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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