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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Humpbacks, A Meeting, Little Sister Pond, The Roses and Blackberries.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the narrator say humpbacks sing?
(a) For reasons man cannot understand.
(b) All of these.
(c) To show their inner-beauty.
(d) To communicate their desires.

2. How does the narrator get into the whorehouse?
(a) She breaks down the door.
(b) She climbs through a hole in the roof.
(c) She climbs through a broken window.
(d) She uses a skeleton key.

3. What does the narrator spend time looking at in the third part of 'Little Sister Pond'?
(a) Books.
(b) A man.
(c) The water.
(d) The clouds.

4. What does the narrator say the wind has in 'Web'?
(a) Bones.
(b) Breath.
(c) A mind.
(d) Language.

5. What season can John Chapman still be sensed in 'John Chapman'?
(a) Summer.
(b) Spring.
(c) Fall.
(d) Winter.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do some people label the beast in 'Tasting the Wild Grapes' as?

2. What does the crow call in 'Rain in Ohio'?

3. In 'Humpbacks', what does the narrator say holds the most allure for people?

4. What does the dust try to hide in the whorehouse?

5. According to 'John Chapman', what decision must people make when they are in pain?

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