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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Oliver say is possible at the beginning of Daisies?
(a) That we can learn all there is to learn.
(b) That we can be as wise as we wish.
(c) That we can learn the language of a flower.
(d) That our spirits will live forever.

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

3. At the beginning of Long Afternoon at the Edge of Little Sister Pond, what does Oliver say she is humbled by?
(a) Love.
(b) Life.
(c) Religion.
(d) Nature.

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

5. What animal is featured in At Round Pond?
(a) A beaver.
(b) A cougar.
(c) A skunk.
(d) An owl.

6. In Mindful, what does Oliver say almost kills her every day?
(a) Sadness.
(b) Memories.
(c) Delight.
(d) Anger.

7. What kind of creature did Oliver write about in Song of the Builders?
(a) A firefly.
(b) A cricket.
(c) A butterfly.
(d) An ant.

8. What does Oliver say we are building in Song of the Builders?
(a) The universe.
(b) The past.
(c) The nation.
(d) The future.

9. In At Round Pond, what does Oliver say both life and death are?
(a) Unfeeling.
(b) Consistent.
(c) Oblivious.
(d) Insistent.

10. In How Would You Live Then, what does Oliver say shouts out its name?
(a) Mockingbirds.
(b) Bees.
(c) Stars.
(d) Brooks.

11. What does Oliver say she will remember most at the end of Spring?
(a) The bear's love.
(b) The deer's startled face.
(c) The light on the water.
(d) The mother's touch.

12. What is the first animal Oliver talks about in Spring?
(a) A dog.
(b) A bear.
(c) A raccoon.
(d) A deer.

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) Both of these, over and over.
(c) Once, twice, however many more.
(d) How many times will this cycle repeat?

14. In While I Am Writing a Poem to Celebrate Summer, the Meadowlark Begins to Sing, what is the song of the bird called?
(a) A thrill song.
(b) A sweet melody.
(c) A speech in progress.
(d) An observation.

15. How is While I Am Writing a Poem to Celebrate Summer, the Meadowlark Begins to Sing formatted?
(a) In couplets.
(b) In triplets.
(c) In sonnets.
(d) In prose form.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is The Bleeding Heart formatted?

2. What is the animal symbolic of in At Round Pond?

3. How many lines is Prose Poem 1?

4. Which of these is a phrase from At Round Pond?

5. What necessity has Oliver resigned to in Forty Years?

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