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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was in the attic in 'Web'?
(a) A Black Widow.
(b) A bird.
(c) A snake.
(d) A bat.

2. What does the trapdoor do in 'Web'?
(a) Breaks away.
(b) Sings and squeals.
(c) Unnails itself.
(d) Bars her inside.

3. What was Lydia's last name in 'The Lost Children'?
(a) Oslynn.
(b) Ossin.
(c) Osborn.
(d) Osmond.

4. What does the narrator want to do to the stranger in 'Flying'?
(a) Be with him.
(b) Talk to him.
(c) Touch him.
(d) Take a picture of him.

5. What does the crow call in 'Rain in Ohio'?
(a) Help.
(b) Hooray.
(c) Plunder.
(d) Rain.

6. In 'The Lost Children', what was near the footprints found of Lydia's?
(a) All of these.
(b) A cave.
(c) A house of sticks.
(d) A bonnet.

7. Why do some people not gather the mushrooms in 'Mushrooms'?
(a) Some do not like them.
(b) They are protected.
(c) Some are poison.
(d) They are in a hidden place.

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

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

10. What does the narrator say moles accomplish during their lives in 'Moles'?
(a) Everything.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Replenishing the earth.
(d) Wreaking havoc.

11. What is the whorehouse filled with?
(a) Cobwebs.
(b) Old clothing.
(c) Bones.
(d) Pictures.

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

13. What month does the narrator of 'A Poem for the Blue Heron' see the blue heron?
(a) August.
(b) November.
(c) October.
(d) September.

14. What does the narrator recognize for the first time in 'Web'?
(a) Danger.
(b) Poison.
(c) Need.
(d) Fear.

15. What color is the beast in 'Tasting the Wild Grapes'?
(a) Red.
(b) Black.
(c) White.
(d) Brown.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator eat in 'August'?

2. What does the lightning teach the narrator about in 'Lightning'?

3. What do the birds decide not to do in the winter in 'A Poem for the Blue Heron'?

4. How old was Isaac when he went missing in 'The Lost Children'?

5. How do men protect themselves when it grows colder, according to 'Cold Poem'?

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