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

2. What is the couple doing in "Two Look at Two"?
(a) Swinging.
(b) Hiking.
(c) Napping.
(d) Biking.

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

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

5. 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) Life.
(d) A pool.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many stanzas are in "Looking for a Sunset Bird in Winter"?

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

3. In "The Runaway," what color is the horse as Frost sees it for the first time at the farm?

4. What is the amount of the down payment on the land in "A Serious Step Taken Lightly"?

5. What rhyming pattern is used in "Sand Dunes"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the observation Frost closes with in "The Bear"?

2. What does Frost remind himself of in "The Onset"?

3. What is the perspective "Canis Major" is written from?

4. What do the man and wife want to do with the brook in "The West-Running Brook"?

5. What does the cow do in "A Cow in Apple Time" once she is on a sugar high?

6. What idea about friendship does Frost share in "A Time to Talk"?

7. What wish does "The Runaway" end with?

8. What miracle foes "Sitting by a Bush in Broad Sunlight" contemplate?

9. In "A Serious Step Lightly Taken" what has the property seen?

10. Why does the character in "Looking for a Sunset Bird in Winter" circle the tree?

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