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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. What does the narrator of 'Bluefish' think the earth does before it becomes Heaven?
(a) Tumbles.
(b) Mists.
(c) Melts.
(d) Floats.

2. What storms in 'May'?
(a) Rain.
(b) Feathers.
(c) Blossoms.
(d) Leaves.

3. Which of these does the narrator of 'The Snakes' compare the snakes to?
(a) Clouds billowing.
(b) Dripping honey.
(c) Dance partners.
(d) None of these.

4. What does the narrator drop into the grass in 'The Meeting'?
(a) A book.
(b) A dress.
(c) A weapon.
(d) A package.

5. What are compared to black blossoms in 'Blossom'?
(a) The night.
(b) Winter.
(c) Ponds.
(d) A bear.

Short Answer Questions

1. In 'Humpbacks', what do the people do when the humpbacks appear?

2. What wanders with the narrator in 'White Night'?

3. What does the narrator of 'White Night' compare the coming morning to?

4. What floats away on the ponds in the 'Blackwater Woods'?

5. What kind of body does the narrator want in 'The Sea'?

Short Essay Questions

1. What sad event happens in the second part of 'Something'?

2. What is the first big question asked of the reader in 'Tecumseh'?

3. What do the lovers in 'Something' do?

4. What is the question asked at the end of 'The Garden'?

5. What does the narrator say mankind is nourished by in 'The Fish'?

6. What is said to have happened to Tecumseh's body?

7. What does honey fill a person with according to the narrator of 'Honey at the Table'?

8. What does the narrator do in the second part of 'The Garden'?

9. What three things does the narrator of 'In Blackwater Woods' say all men must do?

10. What are the snakes compared to in 'Snakes'?

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