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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 4-5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is the poet located as she composes "The Moose"?
(a) A bus in Canada.
(b) A bus in Alaska.
(c) A train in Canada.
(d) A train in Alaska.

2. The structure of the poem "Visits to St. Elizabeth's" is the same as what song?
(a) Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star.
(b) I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly.
(c) This Old Man.
(d) The Twelve Days of Christmas.

3. What happens to the sheep in "Cape Breton"?
(a) They drown.
(b) They get scared by the waves and walk off the edge of a cliff.
(c) They get scared by the birds and walk off the edge of a cliff.
(d) They get scared by the planes and walk off the edge of a cliff.

4. In "Cape Breton," what types of animals are staring out to sea?
(a) Auks and puffins.
(b) Penguins and puffins.
(c) Auks and Seagulls.
(d) Seagulls and puffins.

5. What do the characters in Rainy Season; Sub-Tropics symbolize?
(a) Exaggerated human traits.
(b) That most people are lost.
(c) Different human reactions to rain.
(d) Effects of different locales on humans.

Short Answer Questions

1. What memory does the toad in "Giant Toad" recall?

2. What happens in "A Miracle for Breakfast"?

3. What does Bishop's subject matter in the poems in Uncollected Work and Geography III tell us about her?

4. What does the man in "The Riverman" want to be?

5. "Questions of Travel" is in what format?

(see the answer key)

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