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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, The Runaway and Other Animals.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is the professor in "A Hundred Collars" described?
(a) A man who has no family.
(b) A man who doesn't care about his family.
(c) A man who has a large family.
(d) A man who seldom sees his family.

2. In "The Bear," what word is used to describe the bear's movement over boulders?
(a) Walking.
(b) Pouncing.
(c) Stalking.
(d) Lumbering.

3. What is the amount of the down payment on the land in "A Serious Step Taken Lightly"?
(a) One dollar.
(b) Ten dollars.
(c) One thousand dollars.
(d) One hundred dollars.

4. How many sets of five lines are contained in "Bereft"?
(a) One.
(b) Two.
(c) Three.
(d) Four.

5. What weather phenomena does "Bereft" present?
(a) The rain.
(b) The sun.
(c) The wind.
(d) The snow.

Short Answer Questions

1. What city did Frost grow up in?

2. What is the fence made of in "Mending Wall"?

3. The neighbor in "Mending Wall" says repeatedly that "good fences make __________."

4. According to the message of "The Oven Bird," for what kind of things does the bird offer advice?

5. Which poetic form describes Frost's "Paul's Wife"?

(see the answer key)

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