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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color is the flower in "Design"?

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

3. Why does the cow jump over the walls in "A Cow in Apple Time"?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. In "A Minor Bird" what is the conclusion the man comes to?

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How are Frost's poems analogies for the strength of America? Give at least three specific examples and explain their meaning.

Essay Topic 2

How does Frost use comparisons? Give at least one example from a poem of the following and explain its effectiveness and meaning: simile, metaphor, and analogy.

Essay Topic 3

What is "The Golden Room" and what does it show about Frost?

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