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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What kind of tree does a man cut down for his family's Christmas in "To A Young Wretch"?
(a) Long-boughed.
(b) Spruce.
(c) Evergreen.
(d) Pine.

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

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

6. What is the king of rides in "The Figure in the Doorway"?
(a) Train ride.
(b) Airplane ride.
(c) Car ride.
(d) Horse ride.

7. Who owns the house where the man asks a question in "Love and a Question"?
(a) A couple with their first child.
(b) An older couple.
(c) A newly married couple.
(d) A newly widowed woman.

8. Which poetic form describes Frost's "Paul's Wife"?
(a) Free verse.
(b) Haiku.
(c) Iambic pentameter.
(d) Meteroligic verse.

9. According to the man in "Home Burial," what should be absent in a conversation between two people who really love each other?
(a) Secrets.
(b) Falsehoods.
(c) Limits.
(d) Misunderstandings.

10. What job did Frost's mother hold?
(a) Maid.
(b) Industry worker.
(c) Nurse.
(d) School-teacher.

11. According to "Blueberries," what bird's name is pronounced with the accent on the second syllable?
(a) Chewink.
(b) Dentish.
(c) Traller.
(d) Sackow.

12. Which poem written by Gibson is quoted in the book?
(a) The Golden Meeting.
(b) The Golden Hour.
(c) The Golden Minds.
(d) The Golden Room.

13. How many stanzas are in "Brown's Descent"?
(a) Seventeen.
(b) Nineteen.
(c) Fifteen.
(d) Thirteen.

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

15. In what pattern are the rhymed stanzas in "The Investment"?
(a) AAABBA.
(b) ABBA.
(c) AABA.
(d) AABBA.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Wood Pile," what is winding around the wood pile?

2. "To A Young Wretch" is written from the perspective of a lover of what natural setting?

3. "The Vanishing Red" is about whom?

4. What is the fence made of in "Mending Wall"?

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

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