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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. In "An Old Man's Winter Night," what does the moon leave on the snow that makes the man think that it is nicer than the sun?
(a) Icicles on the edge of the windows.
(b) Icicles on the edge of the porch.
(c) Icicles on the edge of the patio.
(d) Icicles on the edge of the roof.

2. "The Witch of Coos" is written from the perspective of whom?
(a) The victim.
(b) A visitor.
(c) The hosts.
(d) The townspeople.

3. What award did Frost win from the National Institute of Arts and Letters?
(a) The Gold Medal.
(b) The Lifetime Achievement Award.
(c) The Literary Master Award.
(d) The Platinum Book.

4. At the beginning of "Love and a Question," what does the man coming out of the night ask for?
(a) Money.
(b) Food.
(c) A ride.
(d) Shelter.

5. What perspective is "Ghost House" written in?
(a) Narrative.
(b) First person.
(c) Removed.
(d) Third person.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Blueberries," what does the Loren family do with the wild blueberries they pick?

2. Who owns the house where the man asks a question in "Love and a Question"?

3. In "To The Thawing Wind" what does Frost ask the wind to bring into his study?

4. What job did Frost's father hold?

5. What is the name for a person who uses a part to suggest the whole?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the observation that begins "Birches"?

2. What is "Brown's Descent" about?

3. How did the men punish their enemies in "The Vindictives"?

4. What does the man in "The Star-Splitter" do to his house and why?

5. Describe the newspaper collector in "A Hundred Collars."

6. What statement does "The Investment" make?

7. Why does Untermeyer believe that "Love and a Question" places Frost in the company of the world's classic poets?

8. What did Frost do when he knew that he could live by poetry alone?

9. What does "Revelation" describe?

10. What is one example of Frost's poems that was a fable and had a moral?

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