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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, The Hired Man and Other People.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is described in the opening of "The Wood Pile" ?
(a) The woodshed.
(b) The trees.
(c) The woods.
(d) The wood pile.

2. How long is the road from the bottom of the mountain to the farm in "Brown's Descent"?
(a) One and a half miles.
(b) Two miles.
(c) One mile.
(d) Three miles.

3. Frost contrasts the bent birches in "Birches" to what?
(a) The bent willow trees.
(b) The straight grass.
(c) The flowing wind.
(d) The straight trees.

4. What is the poetic form of "Mowing"?
(a) Song.
(b) Sonnet.
(c) Epic.
(d) Ode.

5. In "The Lone Striker" why was Frost locked out of the mill?
(a) He was out of uniform.
(b) He was fired.
(c) He was in a fight.
(d) He was tardy.

Short Answer Questions

1. The neighbor in "Mending Wall" says repeatedly that "good fences make __________."

2. In what pattern are the rhymed stanzas in "The Investment"?

3. According to Frost's observation in "The Figure in the Doorway," where does the man have all that he needs?

4. What was the name of Frost's first book of poetry?

5. What city did Frost grow up in?

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