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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 spend time looking at in the third part of 'Little Sister Pond'?
(a) The clouds.
(b) The water.
(c) A man.
(d) Books.

2. What holds the Bluefish quietly?
(a) The glass.
(b) The sea.
(c) The sky.
(d) The minnows.

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

4. What rubs its hands all over the narrator in 'Spring'?
(a) The rain.
(b) The mist.
(c) The Spring.
(d) The dog.

5. Where did the narrator of' Music' first hear the music?
(a) By the sea.
(b) In a forest glade.
(c) In a dream.
(d) In a church.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the narrator of 'Music' make music with?

3. What becomes nameless in the 'Blackwater Woods'?

4. What begins the day in 'Morning at Great Pond'?

5. What is described in the second part of 'Little Sister Pond'?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does the narrator of 'The Roses' say there is no end to?

4. What is the prayer whispered in 'The Garden', and who is it meant for?

5. What is the narrator's head full of in 'Blackberries'?

6. What does the narrator of 'Tecumseh' say is worse than risking death?

7. What does the narrator of 'Honey at the Table' say the taste of honey is composed of?

8. What do the fish do in the secret pools in 'Climbing the Chagrin River'?

9. What does the narrator of 'Morning at Great Pond' say the coming morning renews in her at the Great Pond?

10. How does the narrator of 'The Plum Trees' say happiness must be tempted?

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