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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What flows through the branches of the plum trees?

2. What do the trees in the 'Blackwater Woods' turn themselves into?

3. How does the narrator describe the movement of the creature described in the second part of 'Little Sister Pond'?

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

5. What does the narrator describe at the beginning of 'Little Sister Pond'?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What happens in the fifth part of 'Little Sister Pond'?

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

8. What does the narrator say mankind is nourished by in 'The Fish'?

9. What is said to have happened to Tecumseh's body?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What were some of the questions asked in 'The Gardens' and how did their unanswered status affect the tone of the poem?

Essay Topic 2

Some of these poems alluded to Oliver's belief in God and her religious views. How did this this religious center affect the tone of the poems and the messages being presented in them?

Essay Topic 3

What did Oliver learn from the blue heron, and how did this change her actions?

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