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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What is the second thing the wasp in "The White-Tailed Wasp" mistakes for a fly?
(a) A blueberry.
(b) A strawberry.
(c) A blackberry.
(d) A huckleberry.

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

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

6. What was the subtitle in the original printing of "Departmental"?
(a) The End of My Ant Justice.
(b) The End of My Ant Jessica.
(c) The End of My Ant Jerry.
(d) The End of My Ant James.

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

8. What weather phenomena does "Bereft" present?
(a) The rain.
(b) The sun.
(c) The snow.
(d) The wind.

9. What color is the flower in "Design"?
(a) Purple.
(b) White.
(c) Yellow.
(d) Red.

10. In "The West-Running Brook" what represents the idea of paying tribute to your beginnings?
(a) A leaf.
(b) A wave.
(c) A rock.
(d) A stream.

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

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

13. According to Frost In "Spring Pools," what will happen to the puddles?
(a) The kids will splash in them and empty them.
(b) The roots of trees will drink them up.
(c) They will be sucked into the ground below.
(d) They will evaporate.

14. Frost's poems are said to have "catholic appeal." Which phrase is synonymous with "catholic appeal"?
(a) Individual appeal.
(b) Universal appeal.
(c) Timeless appeal.
(d) Natural appeal.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What mood is created in "Departmental"?

2. What is the normal state of the mountain in "The Birthplace"?

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

4. In "Canis Major," in what manner does the constellation move from east to west?

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

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