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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the two men in "A Hundred Collars" going to share?
(a) An apartment.
(b) A boarding room.
(c) A house.
(d) A hotel room.

2. What perspective is "Ghost House" written in?
(a) Removed.
(b) First person.
(c) Third person.
(d) Narrative.

3. "The Vanishing Red" is about whom?
(a) A bookbinder.
(b) A miller.
(c) A showmaker.
(d) A doctor.

4. What was the name of Frost's first book of poetry?
(a) A Friend's Determination.
(b) A Man's Wants.
(c) A Child's Desires.
(d) A Boy's Will.

5. How old was Frost when he was first published?
(a) 16.
(b) 18.
(c) 17.
(d) 15.

6. What is "The Telephone" about?
(a) Anger.
(b) Fear.
(c) Love.
(d) Sadness.

7. How many Pulitzer Prizes did Frost win?
(a) Three.
(b) Four.
(c) Five.
(d) Two.

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

9. Where was the first farm that Frost bought?
(a) Rhode Island.
(b) Vermont.
(c) New Hampshire.
(d) New York.

10. Who is the narrator of "Mending Wall?"
(a) The girl.
(b) The boy.
(c) The older speaker.
(d) The younger speaker.

11. "Home Burial" has the grave of a family's first child within view of what?
(a) A landing window.
(b) The front door.
(c) The kitchen.
(d) The back porch.

12. What city did Frost grow up in?
(a) Monterey.
(b) Los Angeles.
(c) San Francisco.
(d) Sacramento.

13. In "Brown's Descent" what do the village people use to follow the farmer's actions?
(a) His webcam.
(b) His lantern.
(c) His noises.
(d) His shadow.

14. The poem "Neglect" was a product of Frost's work at what academy?
(a) Pinkerton Academy.
(b) Peweter Academy.
(c) Piston Academy.
(d) Pallston Academy.

15. In "Mowing," what is Frost using to cut grass?
(a) Mower.
(b) Bladed mower.
(c) Weed whacker.
(d) Scythe.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is moving into the house in "The Investment?"

2. "Brown's Descent" has a second name. What is it?

3. How many stanzas are in "Brown's Descent"?

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

5. In "Blueberries," what does the Loren family do with the wild blueberries they pick?

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