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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Sections 21-24.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Of what does the narrator say in Section 23, “it alone rounds and completes all, that mystic baffling wonder alone completes all”?
(a) “Erosion.”
(b) “Space.”
(c) “Weather.”
(d) “Time.”

3. The “lunatic” described in Section 15 “will never sleep any more as he did in the cot” where?
(a) “In the outhouse.”
(b) “In the barn.”
(c) “In his mother’s bedroom.”
(d) “In the living room.”

4. The narrator claims in Section 15, “The married and unmarried children ride home to their” what?
(a) “Labor Day brunch.”
(b) “Christmas dinner.”
(c) “Thanksgiving dinner.”
(d) “Easter dinner.”

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator claims in Section 5, “I know that the hand of God is the promise of” what?

2. The narrator asserts in Section 20, “In all people I see” what?

3. For how long does the narrator say the runaway slave stayed with him in Section 10?

4. Where does the narrator say the “sharp-hoof’d moose” comes from in Section 14?

5. Whose proper name is stated in the poem in the beginning of Section 24?

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