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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "The Trees," what does the narrator say the greenness of the leaves is?
(a) A type of leaf.
(b) A kind of grief.
(c) A sigh of relief.
(d) A kind of sheath.

2. What kind of animal is mentioned in the poem "First Sight"?
(a) A cow.
(b) A lamb.
(c) A fawn.
(d) A pig.

3. In the poem "Dockery and Son," what does the narrator eat?
(a) An awful pie.
(b) An apple.
(c) A banana.
(d) A hamburger.

4. In the poem "Wants," what does the narrator want more than anything?
(a) To have more friends.
(b) To be alone.
(c) To have a room of his own.
(d) To be famous.

5. What is the final line of the poem "A Study of Reading Habits"?
(a) Books are a load of crap.
(b) I broke them up like meringues.
(c) Two dirty dogs twice my size.
(d) Evil was just my lark.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the last line of the poem "The Old Fools"?

2. Finish this line from the poem "Ignorance": "Our flesh surrounds us with ________."

3. In the poem "The Trees," what word is repeated three times?

4. In the poem "Toads," what does the toad represent?

5. In the poem "Here," where is the narrator swerving in the first stanza?

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