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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What color is the spider in "Design"?
(a) Black.
(b) Red.
(c) White.
(d) Brown.

2. What rhyming pattern is used in "Sand Dunes"?
(a) ABAB.
(b) AABB.
(c) ABBA.
(d) BAAB.

3. 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.

4. What does a census count?
(a) Animals.
(b) Flowers.
(c) People.
(d) Cars.

5. What is the first thing the wasp in "The White-Tailed Wasp" mistakes for a fly?
(a) A series of dots.
(b) A series of nuts.
(c) A series of nails.
(d) A series of screws.

6. According to the message of "The Oven Bird," for what kind of things does the bird offer advice?
(a) Diminished.
(b) Stale.
(c) Old.
(d) Fresh.

7. How many sets of five lines are contained in "Bereft"?
(a) One.
(b) Three.
(c) Two.
(d) Four.

8. How many stanzas are "In a Disused Graveyard"?
(a) Four.
(b) Five.
(c) Seven.
(d) Six.

9. According to "Waspish," what does the wasp possess a lot of as it stretches?
(a) Self-assurance.
(b) Self-confidence.
(c) Self-awareness.
(d) Selfishness.

10. What color was the object beyond Frost's reflection in the well in "For Once, Then, Something"?
(a) White.
(b) Gold.
(c) Silver.
(d) Green.

11. What type of bird won the blue ribbon In "A Blue Ribbon at Amesbury"?
(a) Rooster.
(b) Hen.
(c) Goose.
(d) Duck.

12. How many leaves are clinging to the branch in "Looking for a Sunset Bird"?
(a) Three.
(b) Four.
(c) One.
(d) Two.

13. What kind of poem is "Never Again Would Birds' Song Be the Same"?
(a) Sad.
(b) Epic.
(c) Heroic.
(d) Love.

14. On what type of map does the family find a place In "A Serious Step Lightly Taken"?
(a) Topographical.
(b) Digital.
(c) Vague.
(d) Detailed.

15. In "Canis Major," in what manner does the constellation move from east to west?
(a) Floating.
(b) Walking.
(c) Gliding.
(d) Prancing.

Short Answer Questions

1. The friends in "A Boundless Moment" think that the pale thing they saw in the distance is a flower until they remember that it is the month of ________________.

2. How many chilldren call the mountain home in "The Birthplace"?

3. What do the singing birds want to come out of the ground in "Our Singing Strength"?

4. According to Frost, what covers the well's opening In "For Once, Then, Something"?

5. Frost points out in "Sitting by a Bush in Broad Sunlight," that the miracle of life and the miracle of ___________________ are still with humanity.

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