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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through May, White Night, The Fish, Honey at the Table and Crossing the Swamp.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator compare sin to in 'An Old Whorehouse'?
(a) Flowers.
(b) Stagnant water.
(c) Tar.
(d) Memories.

2. What is the narrator unsure she can do in 'Web'?
(a) Walk.
(b) Breathe.
(c) See.
(d) Speak.

3. How do men protect themselves when it grows colder, according to 'Cold Poem'?
(a) They go to church.
(b) They listen to their bodies.
(c) They gather close to those they love.
(d) They kill others.

4. What rubs its hands all over the narrator in 'Spring'?
(a) The dog.
(b) The mist.
(c) The Spring.
(d) The rain.

5. What makes the crows so angry with the owl in 'Crows and Owls'?
(a) It took over the crows' nest.
(b) It mocked the crows' loss.
(c) It allowed a crow to be killed.
(d) It killed a crow.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does John Chapman always try to honor in 'John Chapman'?

2. What do the moles find delicious in 'Moles'?

3. What do the frogs shout in 'Blossom'?

4. Who heard John Chapman talking about women in 'John Chapman'?

5. How does the narrator describe a muskrat in 'White Night'?

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