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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through And Old Whorehouse, Rain in Ohio, Web, University Hospital, Boston and Skunk Cabbage.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What makes John Chapman a legend in 'John Chapman'?
(a) His relations with the Indians.
(b) His clothing.
(c) His trees.
(d) His speeches.

2. What does the narrator say happens to the woods in the winter in 'A Poem for the Blue Heron'?
(a) They grow in silence.
(b) They get noisy.
(c) They become dangerous.
(d) They get empty.

3. What does the narrator say man has a secret love for in 'Cold Poem'?
(a) The sky.
(b) Their past.
(c) Their own bones.
(d) God.

4. What pulls the mushrooms in 'Mushrooms' from the ground?
(a) The rains.
(b) The winds.
(c) The moisture.
(d) All of these.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What blurs the moles' traceries in 'Moles'?

3. What season does 'Mushrooms' take place in?

4. How old is the narrator when she walks through the whorehouse?

5. What does the trapdoor do in 'Web'?

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