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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In How Would You Live Then, what does Oliver say gives prayers?
(a) Trees.
(b) Stars.
(c) Children.
(d) Brooks.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which of these is a line from Spring?

3. What is unique about the format of On Goldenrod at Field's Edge?

4. What does Oliver describe with the words red fire in Spring?

5. Which of these words does Oliver use to describe letters in Forty Years?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Oliver say the owl is symbolic of in At Round Pond?

2. In May, what does Oliver say makes her feel most alive?

3. In Grass, what does Oliver say is the most important time of all, and why?

4. What does Oliver say spring is like for humans?

5. In While I am Writing a Poem to Celebrate Summer, the Meadowlark Begins to Sing, what does Oliver compare the meadowlark's song to?

6. What are some of the questions asked in How Would You Live Then?

7. What does Oliver state she can't wait for at the end of Long Afternoon at the Edge of Sister Pond?

8. What is the main message of Song of the Builders?

9. In Mindful, where does Oliver say she gets all of her teaching?

10. How is Prose Poem 2 worded, and what effect does this have on the reader?

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