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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 swims in everyone in 'Blossom'?

2. What do the trees in the 'Blackwater Woods' give off?

3. What wants to join with the narrator's legs in 'The Sea'?

4. What does the narrator drop into the grass in 'The Meeting'?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How does the narrator of 'Crossing the Swamp' feel when she gets covered in the mud from the swamp?

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are some of the different natural settings included in this collection, and what did they each indicate about Oliver's personality?

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 are some of the key examples of gratitude in this book, and how do these instances affect the tone of the poems that had this as a central theme?

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