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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What do the birds in "Our Singing Strength" have to follow?
(a) A plane.
(b) A wooded trail.
(c) A stream.
(d) A road.

3. "The Runaway" is about a young horse who is not used to snow in _______________.
(a) New London.
(b) New England.
(c) New Hampshire.
(d) New York.

4. What does the ant meet in "Departmental" ?
(a) Dog.
(b) Mouse.
(c) Moth.
(d) Cat.

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

6. During what season does the bird sing in "The Oven Bird"?
(a) Mid-summer.
(b) Mid-winter.
(c) Mid-spring.
(d) Mid-fall.

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

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

9. 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) May.
(d) April.

10. In "The Bear," Frost says that men are in constant conflict between their mind and _________.
(a) Their beliefs.
(b) Their faith.
(c) Their mood.
(d) Their bodies.

11. In "The Bear," what word is used to describe the bear's movement over boulders?
(a) Pouncing.
(b) Stalking.
(c) Lumbering.
(d) Walking.

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

13. What is the amount of the down payment on the land in "A Serious Step Taken Lightly"?
(a) One thousand dollars.
(b) One dollar.
(c) One hundred dollars.
(d) Ten dollars.

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

15. In which line does "Hyla Brook" present its thesis?
(a) 12th.
(b) 15th.
(c) 14th.
(d) 13th.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to "Waspish," what does the wasp possess a lot of as it stretches?

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

3. How many stanzas are in "Canis Major"?

4. How many stanzas are "In a Disused Graveyard"?

5. What is the second thing the wasp in "The White-Tailed Wasp" mistakes for a fly?

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