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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many crows hunt together in 'Crows and Owls'?

2. What color is the beast in 'Tasting the Wild Grapes'?

3. In 'Clapp's Pond', what does the narrator see drinking from the lake miles away?

4. How old is the narrator when she walks through the whorehouse?

5. What did the narrator think Isaac caught when he went missing in 'The Lost Children'?

Short Essay Questions

1. What sound does the narrator describe at the beginning of 'Postcard from Flamingo'?

2. What do the Sioux say about ghosts in the poem 'Ghosts'?

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

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

5. What does the first snow do to familiar things in the poem 'First Snow'?

6. What does the narrator of 'Egrets' say allows them to step without fear?

7. What question does the narrator want to ask the stranger on the plane in 'Flying'?

8. What kind of annoyances does the narrator of 'Egrets' face while going to see the egrets?

9. How do most people feel about vultures according to the narrator of 'Vultures'?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What happened to the 'Lost Children', and what were some of the theories Oliver had about these circumstances.

Essay Topic 2

There was a lot of interesting advice given and received in these poems. What are some examples of this advice, and what were the consequences of it?

Essay Topic 3

Diversity was a major theme in this book as many different lifestyles and ranks in society were described. How was this theme shown in this book, and why do you think the author felt it was so important?

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