View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Sections 13-16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator say he does “alone far in the wilds and mountains” in Section 10?
(a) Ponders.
(b) Hunts.
(c) Prays.
(d) Fishes.

2. As the narrator watches “the little one” sleeping in Section 8, he silently brushes away what with his hand?
(a) Mosquitoes.
(b) Flies.
(c) Moths.
(d) Bats.

3. For how long does the narrator say the runaway slave stayed with him in Section 10?
(a) A year.
(b) A day.
(c) A month.
(d) A week.

4. Which word from Section 12 means “limber” or “flexible”?
(a) Articulate.
(b) Rigid.
(c) Contralto.
(d) Lithe.

5. How many horses is “the negro” driving in Section 13?
(a) 6.
(b) 4.
(c) 8.
(d) 2.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color shirt is “the negro” wearing in Section 13?

2. What color, in addition to green, is considered the “tufted crown intentional” by the narrator in Section 13?

3. Whitman writes in Section 1 of the poem that every what “belonging to me as good belongs to you”?

4. The “lunatic” described in Section 15 “will never sleep any more as he did in the cot” where?

5. What sound is the “wild gander” cited as calling out as he passes in Section 14?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 193 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample