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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Long Afternoon at the Edge of Little Sister Pond, what does Oliver say life has been as soft as?
(a) A kitten.
(b) A wheat field.
(c) A night sky.
(d) A pond.

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

3. Which of these is a line from The Bleeding Heart?
(a) I think that was true.
(b) Where could that have gone?
(c) I wish that I were her.
(d) What has become of her.

4. What does Oliver hope to be after her education in Mindful?
(a) Proud.
(b) Significant.
(c) Learned.
(d) Wise.

5. What is unique about the format of On Goldenrod at Field's Edge?
(a) It has on-running stanzas.
(b) It is in prose form.
(c) The stanzas run diagonally.
(d) It is formatted in a circle.

6. 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) An observation.
(c) A sweet melody.
(d) A speech in progress.

7. Which of these is a phrase from At Round Pond?
(a) Flow of living.
(b) Need for nothing.
(c) Flight and frenzy.
(d) Lush of meaning.

8. What does Oliver wish to be at the end of Bleeding Heart?
(a) A woman who would not weep.
(b) A bleeding heart.
(c) The friend of a gardener.
(d) The woman who planted the flowers.

9. 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 hymn of thanks.
(b) A conversation.
(c) A psalm of love.
(d) A trumpet of declaration.

10. What does Oliver say would make the mocker silent in Daisies?
(a) Questions.
(b) Pride.
(c) Answers.
(d) Avoidance.

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

12. How is How Would You Live Then formatted?
(a) Prose form.
(b) Limerick form.
(c) Sonnett form.
(d) Choral form.

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

14. What does Oliver describe with the words red fire in Spring?
(a) The pain of birth.
(b) The warmth of the sun.
(c) A tongue.
(d) Eyes.

15. What does Oliver say she calls herself everyday in Mindful?
(a) A teacher.
(b) A student.
(c) A tutor.
(d) A scholar.

Short Answer Questions

1. What animal is featured in At Round Pond?

2. How does Oliver describe Have You Ever Tried to Enter the Long Black Branches?

3. What mocks Oliver in Daisies?

4. In Long Afternoon at the Edge of Little Sister Pond, what does Oliver say life has been as hard as?

5. In At Round Pond, what does Oliver say both life and death are?

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