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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Oliver call the prey in Prose Poem 2?
(a) A frightened tidbit.
(b) A piece of heart.
(c) A piece of nothing.
(d) A flashing jewel.

2. How does Oliver describe the sound of snowflakes?
(a) Nooooooooooooooo.
(b) Snoooooooooooooooo.
(c) Soooooooooooooooooo.
(d) Gooooooooooooooo.

3. In While I Am Writing a Poem to Celebrate Summer, the Meadowlark Begins to Sing, what is the song of the bird compared to?
(a) A psalm of love.
(b) A hymn of thanks.
(c) A trumpet of declaration.
(d) A conversation.

4. How many lines is Prose Poem 1?
(a) 4.
(b) 3.
(c) 5.
(d) 6.

5. What did Oliver say the woman who planted the bleeding heart plant probably got joy from in The Bleeding Heart?
(a) Productive things.
(b) Meaningful things.
(c) Pretty things.
(d) Simple things.

6. What season does Song of the Builders take place in?
(a) Summer.
(b) Winter.
(c) Spring.
(d) Fall.

7. Which of these is a line from Spring?
(a) All day I think of her.
(b) All winter I long for this.
(c) All year I wait for this.
(d) All night I dream of him.

8. What adjective does Oliver use to describe the world in Mindful?
(a) Absent.
(b) Harsh.
(c) Soft.
(d) Needed.

9. How long did the bleeding heart plant survive in The Bleeding Heart?
(a) 50 years.
(b) 60 years.
(c) 30 years.
(d) 40 years.

10. How does Oliver describe the eyes of the animal in At Round Pond?
(a) Golden.
(b) Foreboding.
(c) Trembling.
(d) Tawny.

11. What storms out of the darkness in May?
(a) Blossoms.
(b) Thrills.
(c) Leaves.
(d) Frights.

12. What do the bees in May do?
(a) Search.
(b) Swim.
(c) Dive.
(d) Hunt.

13. Which of these is a line from Long Afternoon at the Edge of Little Sister Pond?
(a) Again and again the song repeats.
(b) How many times will this cycle repeat?
(c) Once, twice, however many more.
(d) Both of these, over and over.

14. In Prose Poem 1, what does Oliver say the season she talks about was full of?
(a) Stillness.
(b) Love.
(c) Hope.
(d) Faith.

15. What does Oliver say always seems brighter than the present in Prose Poem 1?
(a) The past.
(b) The future.
(c) All of these.
(d) Another's life.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Oliver say she calls herself everyday in Mindful?

2. In Mindful, what does Oliver say she was born to do?

3. What does Oliver compare herself to at the beginning of Mindful?

4. What does Oliver wish to be at the end of Bleeding Heart?

5. What animal is featured in At Round Pond?

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