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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. What does the narrator of 'The Snakes' compare the snakes to?
2. In 'Fish', what does the fish refuse to do?
3. What kind of mythical creature does the narrator compare herself to in 'Music'?
4. What does the narrator of 'Music' make music with?
5. What becomes nameless in the 'Blackwater Woods'?
Short Essay Questions
1. What do the fish do in the secret pools in 'Climbing the Chagrin River'?
2. What does the narrator of 'Tecumseh' say is worse than risking death?
3. What is the prayer whispered in 'The Garden', and who is it meant for?
4. What does honey fill a person with according to the narrator of 'Honey at the Table'?
5. What does the narrator of 'Morning at Great Pond' say the coming morning renews in her at the Great Pond?
6. What does the narrator of 'Crossing the Swamp' find in the swamp?
7. What sad event happens in the second part of 'Something'?
8. What is said to have happened to Tecumseh's body?
9. What does the narrator say mankind is nourished by in 'The Fish'?
10. What does the narrator do in the second part of 'The Garden'?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What were some of the questions asked in 'The Gardens' and how did their unanswered status affect the tone of the poem?
Essay Topic 2
What was the main theme in 'Flying' and what kinds of literary devices were used to present this interesting and unique theme?
Essay Topic 3
Which poem did you relate to the most in this book? Why is this? What about this poem touched you, and why?
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