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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, The Runaway and Other Animals.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where are all the other animals in "The Runaway"?
(a) Out at work.
(b) In their stalls.
(c) In the house.
(d) There are no other animals.

2. Frost says that the horse in "The Runaway" is shaking its coat like it is shaking off _________________.
(a) Flies.
(b) A rider.
(c) Rain.
(d) Mosquitoes.

3. What is the farmer urged towards in "A Blue Ribbon at Amesbury"?
(a) Greed.
(b) Riches.
(c) Excess.
(d) Prudence.

4. In "Tree at My Window," what concern creates a kinship between the speaker and the tree?
(a) Inner and outer weather.
(b) Inner and outer beauty.
(c) Inner and outer peace.
(d) Inner and outer feelings.

5. What kind of poem is "Never Again Would Birds' Song Be the Same"?
(a) Sad.
(b) Epic.
(c) Heroic.
(d) Love.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many stanzas are in "Looking for a Sunset Bird in Winter"?

2. In "The Lone Striker" why was Frost locked out of the mill?

3. Frost's poems are said to have "catholic appeal." Which phrase is synonymous with "catholic appeal"?

4. How long is the road from the bottom of the mountain to the farm in "Brown's Descent"?

5. What does the man do in "A Minor Bird" to try and silence the bird?

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