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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In 'Humpbacks', what do the people do when the humpbacks appear?
(a) Shout for joy.
(b) Smile inwardly.
(c) Cry out in fear.
(d) Faint.

2. What floats away on the ponds in the 'Blackwater Woods'?
(a) Ducks.
(b) All of these.
(c) Leaves.
(d) Cattails.

3. Where are the packed leaves pushed in 'Spring'?
(a) Tunnels.
(b) The river bed.
(c) Bags.
(d) A ditch.

4. Why must bodies be held back in 'Humpbacks'?
(a) So they don't fly away.
(b) To protect them.
(c) So they have proper guides.
(d) To keep them in line.

5. What does the narrator of 'Bluefish' compare the Bluefish to as they eat?
(a) A wave.
(b) A cloud.
(c) A swarm.
(d) Fire.

6. What do the frogs shout in 'Blossom'?
(a) Their poems.
(b) Their needs.
(c) Their standards.
(d) Their desires.

7. What are seen drinking at the Great Pond?
(a) Deer.
(b) Ducks.
(c) All of these.
(d) Herons.

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

9. What kind of life would the narrator of 'The Meeting' like to live?
(a) A busy life.
(b) A calm life.
(c) A wild life.
(d) A natural life.

10. How does the narrator describe a muskrat in 'White Night'?
(a) Lethargic.
(b) Lazy.
(c) Luminous.
(d) Lovely.

11. What touches the head of the muskrat in 'White Night'?
(a) The narrator.
(b) The moon.
(c) The river.
(d) The wind.

12. How many things does the narrator of 'Blackwater Woods' say a man must do in the world?
(a) 1.
(b) 3.
(c) 4.
(d) 5.

13. In 'The Sea', what spills from the narrator's bones when she is by the sea?
(a) Poetry.
(b) Gratitude.
(c) Ideas.
(d) Nostalgia.

14. How does the narrator describe her thoughts in the third part of 'Little Sister Pond'?
(a) Light.
(b) Illuminating.
(c) Heavy.
(d) Gentle.

15. What do the leaves on the honey tree look like?
(a) Fur.
(b) Warning signs.
(c) Dark hair.
(d) Badges.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the narrator doing in 'White Night'?

2. What does the narrator spend time looking at in the third part of 'Little Sister Pond'?

3. What swims in everyone in 'Blossom'?

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

5. What do the trees in the 'Blackwater Woods' turn themselves into?

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