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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who killed a crow the week before in 'Crows and Owls'?
(a) An owl.
(b) A man.
(c) A fox.
(d) A hawk.

2. What do the birds decide not to do in the winter in 'A Poem for the Blue Heron'?
(a) Stay.
(b) Leave.
(c) Die.
(d) Move.

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

4. How did Isaac go missing in 'The Lost Children'?
(a) He was stolen.
(b) He got lost.
(c) He fell in a pit.
(d) He ran away.

5. What does the narrator of 'A Poem for the Blue Heron' build lots of when it grows cold?
(a) Meals.
(b) Graves.
(c) Fires.
(d) Homes.

6. What does the narrator of 'Clapp's Pond' say vanishes sometimes at Clapp's Pond?
(a) Relationships.
(b) Worldly needs.
(c) Distance.
(d) The past.

7. What was Lydia doing when she went missing in 'The Lost Children'?
(a) Checking her mail.
(b) Going for a walk.
(c) Herding her cows.
(d) Visiting a friend.

8. What was Isaac doing when he went missing in 'The Lost Children'?
(a) Heading to school.
(b) Going for a walk.
(c) Working in the fields.
(d) Swimming.

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

10. Where does the snake hide when the rain comes in 'Rain in Ohio'?
(a) The ground.
(b) The grass.
(c) A tree.
(d) The lake.

11. How old was Isaac when he went missing in 'The Lost Children'?
(a) 10.
(b) 12.
(c) 11.
(d) 9.

12. Who heard John Chapman talking about women in 'John Chapman'?
(a) Mrs. Prue.
(b) Mrs. Price.
(c) Ms. Preece.
(d) Ms. Park.

13. How long does the storm in 'Lightning' last?
(a) 6 hours.
(b) 5 hours.
(c) 7 hours.
(d) 4 hours.

14. What does the narrator of 'Clapp's Pond' do when it starts to rain?
(a) Makes her way home.
(b) Goes inside her tent.
(c) Puts more logs on the fire.
(d) Dances in the rain.

15. What was Isaac's last name in 'The Lost Children'?
(a) Rane.
(b) Dane.
(c) Zane.
(d) Fane.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did John Chapman call women in 'John Chapman'?

2. What was in the attic in 'Web'?

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

4. How did the narrator of 'The Kitten' feel when she buried the kitten?

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

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