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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What object mentioned in Poem 5 will straighten out the bends in the roads?
(a) A liquid pen.
(b) A ruler.
(c) A car.
(d) A bottle of starch.

2. How does the Frontispiece differ from the other poems?
(a) it involves fictional characters.
(b) It has metaphorical characters.
(c) It is very long.
(d) It does not rhyme or follow standard scansion patterns.

3. In what lines of stanzas 1 and 2 of Poem 1 does the poem literally sing itself?
(a) 1, 2, and 3.
(b) 3, 4, and 5.
(c) 4, 5, and 6.
(d) 2, 3, and 4.

4. What object mentioned in Poem 2 contains the inscription "Blake's Celestial Limousine?"
(a) Boots.
(b) Cap.
(c) Umbrella.
(d) Macintosh.

5. Which character do people confuse the King of Cats with during Poem 6?
(a) The Sun.
(b) William Blake.
(c) The King of Beasts.
(d) The Moon.

6. Who is the main character?
(a) Air.
(b) Marmalade Man.
(c) Blake.
(d) Boy.

7. Where will the journey proposed during the Frontispiece take the traveler?
(a) To the other side of the globe.
(b) To Blake's Inn.
(c) To another planet.
(d) To a library.

8. What character insists on cleaning the inn in Poem 5?
(a) The tiger.
(b) The Man in the Marmalade Hat.
(c) William Blake.
(d) The boy.

9. How wide does the carriage mentioned in Poem 2 become?
(a) A soft, grassy field.
(b) A stadium.
(c) An amphitheater.
(d) A helicopter.

10. Where does the light mentioned during Poem 4 come from?
(a) The dancing Moon.
(b) The reflection of the stars.
(c) A flashlight.
(d) The crouching Sun.

11. In Poem 6, Lines 4 through 7 show similarity to what story?
(a) Songs of Heaven.
(b) Of Mice and Men.
(c) Alice in Wonderland.
(d) Puss n' Boots.

12. Which character signs the dedication on the title page in the Introduction?
(a) Miss Pratt.
(b) Tyger.
(c) Nancy Willard.
(d) Blake.

13. What is the rhythmic pattern of Poem 4?
(a) ABCABC.
(b) AABCCB.
(c) ABCCBA.
(d) ABBCCA.

14. What is the object that begins to purr when the traveler enter the car during Poem 2?
(a) Suitcase.
(b) Seat.
(c) Hat.
(d) Wheel.

15. What character smiles in the sky in Poem 6?
(a) The Moon.
(b) The boy.
(c) The comet.
(d) A shooting star.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the quality of the place that the reader experience during the first verse of Poem 1?

2. What does the boy request during Poem 3?

3. Which object is always present in Poem 7?

4. In Poem 3, who should the boy be kept safe from?

5. In the Frontispiece, which character asks if the others will come?

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