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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Sections 5-8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What question does the narrator say a child asked in Section 6?
(a) “Where are the turtles?”
(b) “What is the grass?”
(c) “Who are the birds?”
(d) “When will summer come?”

2. What adjective does the narrator use in describing the summer morning in Section 5?
(a) “Boiling.”
(b) “Retrograde.”
(c)
(d) “Transparent.”

3. How many suns does the narrator claim there are left in Section 2?
(a) Millions.
(b) But a few.
(c) A handful.
(d) Dozens.

4. The narrator asks the reader in Section 2, “Have you reckon’d” how many acres?
(a) 640.
(b) 160.
(c) 320.
(d) 1,000.

5. How is the girl described that accompanies the youngster “up the bushy hill” in Section 8?
(a) “Red-faced.”
(b) “Red-eyed.”
(c) “Red-skinned.”
(d) “Red-headed.”

Short Answer Questions

1. As the narrator watches “the little one” sleeping in Section 8, he silently brushes away what with his hand?

2. What word from Section 5 refers to a beam fastened to the keel of a vessel for strength?

3. The narrator claims in Section 7, “I pass death with the dying and birth with the new-wash’d babe, and am not contain’d between my” what?

4. To what does the narrator say “the other I am not must not abase itself to you” in Section 5?

5. In the conclusion of Section 6, the narrator states that “to die is different from what any one supposed, and” what?

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