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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Spring, Morning at Great Pond, The Snakes, Blossom and Something.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do some people label the beast in 'Tasting the Wild Grapes' as?
(a) A thought.
(b) A vision.
(c) A sound.
(d) A nuisance.

2. What was Lydia doing when she went missing in 'The Lost Children'?
(a) Checking her mail.
(b) Herding her cows.
(c) Visiting a friend.
(d) Going for a walk.

3. What did the narrator think Isaac caught when he went missing in 'The Lost Children'?
(a) A will to live.
(b) Adventure.
(c) Dancing feet.
(d) Confusion of self.

4. What kind of nuggets are found in 'Spring'?
(a) Passage.
(b) Joy.
(c) Pleasure.
(d) Growth.

5. What does the changing water remind the blue heron of in 'A Poem For the Blue Heron'?
(a) Winter.
(b) Mating.
(c) Migration.
(d) Summer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator of 'The Snakes' compare the snakes to?

2. What did John Chapman call women in 'John Chapman'?

3. How does the narrator describe the stranger in 'Flying'?

4. In 'Clapp's Pond', what does the narrator see drinking from the lake miles away?

5. What does the narrator of 'Clapp's Pond' say vanishes sometimes at Clapp's Pond?

(see the answer key)

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