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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 12 - 23 .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the witchgrass feel the gardener feels about it in "Witchgrass"?
(a) It feels ignored by the gardener.
(b) It feels hated by the gardener.
(c) It feels loved by the gardener.
(d) It feels the garden is ambivalent about its presence.

2. What sound is described at the beginning of "End of Winter"?
(a) The wind.
(b) A birdcall.
(c) The last snowfall.
(d) The falling leaves.

3. What does God say He let people do because it is what they wanted in "End of Winter"?
(a) He let them speak.
(b) He let them be born.
(c) He let them garden.
(d) He gave them free will.

4. What does the speaker say is "the end of [her] suffering" (1) in "Wild Iris"?
(a) Death.
(b) Nightfall.
(c) The rains.
(d) Summer.

5. Who does the speaker in "Matins" (#4) address?
(a) The sky.
(b) The poet.
(c) God.
(d) The birch tree.

Short Answer Questions

1. What flower with "deep blue" (20) marks is referenced at the end of "April"?

2. What is referred to as "a living thing" at the end of "Love in Moonlight"?

3. How is the moonlight described in "Love in Moonlight"?

4. Who is the speaker in "The Hawthorn Tree"?

5. How does the hawthorn tree observe the couple walking in the garden in "The Hawthorn Tree"?

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