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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 provides spiritual honey to the narrator of 'May'?
(a) The blossoms.
(b) The rain.
(c) The hum of the bees.
(d) The coming spring.

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

3. What made people think Lydia was taken by Indians in 'The Lost Children'?
(a) She dropped trinkets on a road to a reservation.
(b) Her mother had a dream.
(c) Horseprints were found by her bonnet.
(d) There was a message left.

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

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What chops at people like an iron hoe in 'Blossom'?

2. How many snakes are seen by the narrator in 'The Snakes'?

3. What pulls the mushrooms in 'Mushrooms' from the ground?

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

5. What does the narrator want to do to the stranger in 'Flying'?

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