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

2. In the final line of "Bereft" the character says that he has no one left but whom?
(a) Himself.
(b) God.
(c) His wife.
(d) His grandchild.

3. How many stanzas are in "Canis Major"?
(a) Six.
(b) Three.
(c) Five.
(d) Four.

4. According to the message of "The Oven Bird," for what kind of things does the bird offer advice?
(a) Stale.
(b) Old.
(c) Fresh.
(d) Diminished.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Frost In "Spring Pools," what will happen to the puddles?

2. Who is the bear contemplating at the end of "The Bear"?

3. What does the couple in "Two Look at Two" see standing on the other side of a wall?

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

5. What was the subtitle in the original printing of "Departmental"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the main focus of "A Brook in the City"?

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

3. In "The White-Tailed Hornet" what is Frost's reflection about humanity?

4. What will the pools in "Spring Pools" give life to?

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

6. What line does Frost use to close the poem "Hyla Brook"?

7. How does Frost describe the constellation in "Canis Major"?

8. What happens to the town the character in "The Census-Taker" is responsible for?

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

10. What does the couple feel at the end of "Two Look at Two"?

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