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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. What does the narrator of 'The Snakes' compare the snakes to?
(a) A choral piece.
(b) Leaves on the breeze.
(c) A matched team.
(d) All of these.

2. What is the blue heron looking for in 'A Poem for the Blue Heron'?
(a) A home.
(b) Food.
(c) Water.
(d) A companion.

3. What do the moles hide under in 'Moles'?
(a) Garbage.
(b) Dirt.
(c) Leaves.
(d) Sticks.

4. Where could the narrator in 'The Kitten' have taken the kitten?
(a) A graveyard.
(b) A vet.
(c) A museum.
(d) A land fill.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the changing water remind the blue heron of in 'A Poem For the Blue Heron'?

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

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

5. Where does the narrator of 'White Night' want to lose herself?

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