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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, Country Things and Other Things.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What time of day is expressed in "October"?
(a) Dawn.
(b) Morning.
(c) Evening.
(d) Dusk.

2. Why does the cow jump over the walls in "A Cow in Apple Time"?
(a) Desire.
(b) She thinks they are short.
(c) Sugar rush.
(d) She thinks she is a horse.

3. "To A Young Wretch" is written from the perspective of a lover of what natural setting?
(a) The mountains.
(b) The lake.
(c) The forest.
(d) The beach.

4. What is scattered in the poem "Evening in a Sugar Orchard"?
(a) People.
(b) Stars.
(c) Fruit.
(d) Love.

5. In "The Tuft of Flowers," what animal does the man follow to the flowers?
(a) Bee.
(b) Butterfly.
(c) Rabbit.
(d) Deer.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "To The Thawing Wind" what does Frost ask the wind to bring into his study?

2. In "The Runaway," what color is the horse as Frost sees it for the first time at the farm?

3. In the poem "In a Disused Graveyard," why does Frost believe that the stones would believe him if he said men have stopped dying?

4. In "The West-Running Brook" what represents the idea of paying tribute to your beginnings?

5. What does the line of old trees lead to in the poem "Into My Own" ?

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