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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 is the first animal Oliver talks about in Spring?
(a) A deer.
(b) A bear.
(c) A raccoon.
(d) A dog.

2. What does Oliver say is possible at the beginning of Daisies?
(a) That we can learn the language of a flower.
(b) That we can be as wise as we wish.
(c) That we can learn all there is to learn.
(d) That our spirits will live forever.

3. In The Soul At Last, which of these does Oliver compare the soul to?
(a) Children's prayers.
(b) Birds' nests.
(c) Tree bark.
(d) Aspen leaves.

4. In Song of the Builders, where does Oliver go to think?
(a) A church.
(b) A small pond.
(c) A hillside.
(d) Her bedroom.

5. What are all the poems in the second section about?
(a) Literature.
(b) Flowers.
(c) Animals.
(d) Water.

Short Answer Questions

1. What animal is featured in At Round Pond?

2. What does Oliver say all narrative is in Prose Poem 2?

3. What creature is featured in May?

4. How long did the bleeding heart plant survive in The Bleeding Heart?

5. What is the animal symbolic of in At Round Pond?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are some of the questions asked in How Would You Live Then?

2. How does Oliver describe the spirit in The Soul At Last?

3. In Mindful, what does Oliver say she sees everyday?

4. In Mindful, where does Oliver say she gets all of her teaching?

5. Which authors does Oliver mention in Seven White Butterflies, and why?

6. What does Oliver say we are all helping to build in Song of the Builders?

7. What is Oliver admonishing the reader to do in How Would You Live Then?

8. What does Oliver say spring is like for humans?

9. How does Oliver describe letters in Forty Years?

10. What does Oliver state she can't wait for at the end of Long Afternoon at the Edge of Sister Pond?

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