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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. Frost points out in "Sitting by a Bush in Broad Sunlight," that the miracle of life and the miracle of ___________________ are still with humanity.
(a) Faith.
(b) Weather.
(c) Nature.
(d) Belief.

3. What is the normal state of the mountain in "The Birthplace"?
(a) Rocky and harsh.
(b) Slippery and snowy.
(c) Covered in trees.
(d) With brush for the goats.

4. What is the symbolism expressed in "A Drumlin Woodchuck" ?
(a) Peoples' desire for safety.
(b) Peoples' approach to life.
(c) Peoples' love for each other.
(d) Peoples' inner desires.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In "Sitting by a Bush in Broad Sunlight" what is breath's partner?

3. "The Runaway" is about a young horse who is not used to snow in _______________.

4. What do the singing birds want to come out of the ground in "Our Singing Strength"?

5. What mood is created in "Departmental"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What is unusual about the bird in "The Oven Bird"?

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

7. What is asked of the fireman in "Evening in a Sugar Orchard"?

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

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

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

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