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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. According to "Sand Dunes," what will an ocean do if she cannot drown a man?
(a) Have him walk over sand dunes to see her.
(b) Make him a sand dune.
(c) Bury him in sand.
(d) Sting him with sandstorms.

2. In "The Runaway," what color is the horse as Frost sees it for the first time at the farm?
(a) Black.
(b) Gray.
(c) Brown.
(d) White.

3. What rhyming pattern is used in "Sand Dunes"?
(a) ABBA.
(b) ABAB.
(c) BAAB.
(d) AABB.

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

5. What kind of poem is "Never Again Would Birds' Song Be the Same"?
(a) Love.
(b) Heroic.
(c) Sad.
(d) Epic.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the couple doing in "Two Look at Two"?

2. "A Serious Step Lightly Taken" is a poem written in six four-line ___________.

3. What weather phenomena does "Bereft" present?

4. What emotion does Frost give to the contemplating bear at the end of "The Bear"?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What does the poem "Departmental" describe?

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

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

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

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

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

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