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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 was the subtitle in the original printing of "Departmental"?

2. On what type of map does the family find a place In "A Serious Step Lightly Taken"?

3. What does a census count?

4. How many chilldren call the mountain home in "The Birthplace"?

5. During what season does the bird sing in "The Oven Bird"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Frost paying tribute to in "Sand Dunes"?

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

3. What does the poem "Departmental" describe?

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

5. What does the character confess in the final line of "Bereft"?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is a fable? How does Frost use fables in his poetry? Use examples from the poems to support your answer.

Essay Topic 2

Using specific examples from the poems, explain how Frost shows his love of and sympathy for animals.

Essay Topic 3

A lot of Frost's poems are symbolic. What role does the weather play in Frost's poems? Use at least four specific examples in your answer.

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