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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the king of rides in "The Figure in the Doorway"?
(a) Airplane ride.
(b) Train ride.
(c) Car ride.
(d) Horse ride.

2. In "Mowing," what is Frost using to cut grass?
(a) Weed whacker.
(b) Scythe.
(c) Bladed mower.
(d) Mower.

3. What is "The Telephone" about?
(a) Love.
(b) Anger.
(c) Fear.
(d) Sadness.

4. Which poem written by Gibson is quoted in the book?
(a) The Golden Minds.
(b) The Golden Room.
(c) The Golden Hour.
(d) The Golden Meeting.

5. In "The Gum-Gatherer," Frost describes the gum as brown crystals that reveal _______ insides.
(a) Red.
(b) Clear.
(c) Pink.
(d) Yellow.

Short Answer Questions

1. "To A Young Wretch" is written from the perspective of a lover of what natural setting?

2. The neighbor in "Mending Wall" says repeatedly that "good fences make __________."

3. In "Two Tramps in MudTime," Frost reflects on how he loves that water collects in what way before the summer dries it up?

4. According to Frost's observation in "The Figure in the Doorway," where does the man have all that he needs?

5. In "Blueberries," what does the Loren family do with the wild blueberries they pick?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Frost get his name?

2. What is one example of Frost's poems that was a fable and had a moral?

3. Describe the newspaper collector in "A Hundred Collars."

4. What was the first sound Paul's wife made, according to "Paul's Wife"?

5. How does Untermeyer describe Frost?

6. What does "Revelation" describe?

7. What statement does "The Investment" make?

8. "The Tuft of Flowers" brings what aspects of the workaday to life?

9. What is an anthologist?

10. What praise did Amy Lowell give to the poem"The Wood Pile"?

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