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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is moving into the house in "The Investment?"
(a) An older couple.
(b) A small family.
(c) A group of college students.
(d) A young couple.

2. What job did Frost's father hold?
(a) Doctor.
(b) Banker.
(c) Reporter.
(d) Lawyer.

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

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

5. According to "Paul's Wife," what was added to the item found in the log?
(a) Wine.
(b) Water.
(c) Air.
(d) Sand.

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

7. At the beginning of "Two Tramps in Mudtime," what is Frost doing outdoors?
(a) Hiking.
(b) Picking berries.
(c) Searching for herbs.
(d) Chopping wood.

8. Where was Frost first published?
(a) Spain.
(b) America.
(c) France.
(d) England.

9. What is the name for a person who uses a part to suggest the whole?
(a) Methalogist.
(b) Symparticolist.
(c) Partologist.
(d) Synecdochist.

10. The neighbor in "Mending Wall" says repeatedly that "good fences make __________."
(a) Good property.
(b) Good distances.
(c) Good animals.
(d) Good neighbors.

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

12. "Brown's Descent" has a second name. What is it?
(a) The Willy Nilly Slide.
(b) The Way To Go Slide.
(c) The Without A Doubt Slide.
(d) The Wither Thou Goest Slide.

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

14. In "An Old Man's Winter Night," what does the moon leave on the snow that makes the man think that it is nicer than the sun?
(a) Icicles on the edge of the porch.
(b) Icicles on the edge of the roof.
(c) Icicles on the edge of the windows.
(d) Icicles on the edge of the patio.

15. How old was Frost when his first professional poem was published?
(a) 21.
(b) 22.
(c) 20.
(d) 19.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many poems are in the group entitled "The Hill Wife?"

2. "Paul's Wife" is Frost's addition to what mythical American story?

3. What are the two men in "A Hundred Collars" going to share?

4. What is described in the opening of "The Wood Pile" ?

5. How old was Frost when he was first published?

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