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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Isaac feel when he returned to the world in 'The Lost Children'?
(a) Happy.
(b) Lost.
(c) Relieved.
(d) Alone.

2. What does John Chapman use as a hat in 'John Chapman'?
(a) A pot.
(b) A blanket.
(c) A board.
(d) A tarp.

3. What kind of home does the blue heron leave to find in 'A Poem For the Blue Heron'?
(a) A nest.
(b) A shallow ditch.
(c) A tree.
(d) A cave.

4. What blurs the moles' traceries in 'Moles'?
(a) Fieldwork.
(b) Grass.
(c) Rain.
(d) Wind.

5. What does the narrator feel during the storm in 'Lightning'?
(a) Fear.
(b) Sensuality.
(c) All of these.
(d) Excitement.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did the narrator in 'The Lost Children' say Tarhe refused to return Isaac?

2. What does the narrator say man has a secret love for in 'Cold Poem'?

3. What did someone tell the narrator in the second part of 'A Poem for the Blue Heron'?

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

5. Who does the narrator feel most sorry for in 'The Lost Children'?

Short Essay Questions

1. In 'The Kitten', what does the narrator feel as she buries the kitten, and why?

2. What does the narrator of 'August' accept during the poem?

3. What does the person in 'Skunk Cabbage' love about the woods?

4. What does the alligator in 'Postcard From Flamingo' do?

5. What is 'Ghosts' really about?

6. What does the narrator's companion tell her over and over while at the hospital in 'University Hospital, Boston'?

7. What is the ironic idea included in 'Mushrooms'?

8. What does the narrator see before leaving the hospital in 'University Hospital, Boston'?

9. In 'The Bobcat', what does the bobcat do that astounds the narrator?

10. What is the central theme in the first four poems?

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