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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Sections II through VII.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the rain in Work Sometimes do to the flowers in the yard?
(a) Brought them out of the earth.
(b) Made them fragrant.
(c) Killed them.
(d) Made them shine.

2. What does Oliver like to assign to inanimate objects in her poems?
(a) Human characteristics.
(b) Identities.
(c) Descriptions.
(d) Functions.

3. How does Oliver describe her poetry in Everything?
(a) Her children.
(b) Her art.
(c) Her creation.
(d) Her message.

4. What is found by Oliver, belonging to a heron, in Mysteries, Four of the Simple Ones?
(a) A print.
(b) An egg.
(c) A nest.
(d) A feather.

5. What amazing event happens to the catbird in Mysteries, Four of the Simple Ones?
(a) Learning to fly.
(b) Finding a mate.
(c) Hatching eggs.
(d) Building a nest.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are most of the poems in this collection about?

2. What are the butterflies doing at the end of Seven White Butterflies?

3. What did Oliver do at the end of Work Sometimes?

4. How are the poems in this book grouped together?

5. How is While I Am Writing a Poem to Celebrate Summer, the Meadowlark Begins to Sing formatted?

(see the answer key)

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