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

Multiple Choice 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 ________________.
(a) March.
(b) June.
(c) April.
(d) May.

2. What mood is created in "Departmental"?
(a) Romantic.
(b) Melancholy.
(c) Angry.
(d) Satirical.

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

4. How many stanzas are there in "Design"?
(a) Two.
(b) One.
(c) Three.
(d) Four.

5. What happens to the cow in "A Cow in Apple Time"?
(a) She gives birth.
(b) She dies.
(c) She gets stuck jumping over a wall.
(d) Her milk goes dry.

6. How many chilldren call the mountain home in "The Birthplace"?
(a) Eight.
(b) Ten.
(c) A dozen.
(d) Six.

7. In "A Patch of Old Snow," what is compared to the snow patch?
(a) A letter.
(b) A book.
(c) A newspaper.
(d) A magazine.

8. Frost says that the horse in "The Runaway" is shaking its coat like it is shaking off _________________.
(a) Flies.
(b) Rain.
(c) A rider.
(d) Mosquitoes.

9. What do the fireflies want to be In "Fireflies in the Garden"?
(a) Loved.
(b) Bigger.
(c) Human.
(d) Stars.

10. "A Serious Step Lightly Taken" is a poem written in six four-line ___________.
(a) Couplets.
(b) Idylles.
(c) Stanzas.
(d) Rhymes.

11. In "Tree at My Window," Frost compares the tossing of the tree in the wind to the tossing of the speaker's _______________.
(a) School.
(b) Dreams.
(c) A pool.
(d) Life.

12. In "Spring Pools" what do the puddles sit under?
(a) Bare trees.
(b) Building porches.
(c) Bridges.
(d) Umbrellas.

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

14. What do the singing birds want to come out of the ground in "Our Singing Strength"?
(a) Grass.
(b) Flowers.
(c) Worms.
(d) Trees.

15. What is the normal state of the mountain in "The Birthplace"?
(a) Rocky and harsh.
(b) Slippery and snowy.
(c) With brush for the goats.
(d) Covered in trees.

Short Answer Questions

1. What weather phenomena does "Bereft" present?

2. In "Sitting by a Bush in Broad Sunlight," what interacts with the sun to create life?

3. What is the farmer urged towards in "A Blue Ribbon at Amesbury"?

4. According to "Sand Dunes," what will an ocean do if she cannot drown a man?

5. Where are all the other animals in "The Runaway"?

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