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This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 108 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

The Wild Iris Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 108 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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. To whom is the speaker of "Wild Iris" speaking?
(a) The gardener.
(b) God.
(c) Death.
(d) The iris.

2. What was the couple given which compels the speaker in "April" to say he expected better of them?
(a) Bodies.
(b) Souls.
(c) The earth.
(d) Minds.

3. Who is the speaker in "End of Winter"?
(a) A bird.
(b) God.
(c) The poet.
(d) The poet's son.

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

5. What does the speaker in "The Garden" find it unbearable to look at?
(a) The fresh dirt.
(b) A young couple.
(c) The light rain.
(d) A row of peas.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What has the young couple in "The Garden" not yet encountered according to the speaker?

3. The poet in "Matins" (#1) refers to a conversation she had with whom?

4. The poet in "Matins" (#3) asks God if He may be more inconsistent like what type of plant?

5. Who is the speaker in "Clear Morning"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What surprises the snowdrop flower at the end of "Snowdrops"?

2. In "Love in Moonlight," how does the speaker describe how humans sometimes force their despair on others?

3. Why is God frustrated in "Clear Morning"?

4. What does God say humanity truly wants in "Spring Snow"?

5. How do the violets refer to the gardener in "Violets"?

6. What does the witchgrass tell the gardener she must accept in regards to the flower it is accused of kllling in "Witchgrass"?

7. How does God feel about humanity in "Retreating Wind"?

8. What does Noah say about depressives in "Matins" (#1)?

9. What does the lamium flower say in regards to the light and sun in "Lamium"?

10. What does the speaker ask God's forgiveness for in "Matins" (#3)?

(see the answer keys)

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