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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. How many stanzas are there in "Design"?
(a) Four.
(b) One.
(c) Three.
(d) Two.

2. "A Serious Step Lightly Taken" is a poem written in six four-line ___________.
(a) Rhymes.
(b) Couplets.
(c) Stanzas.
(d) Idylles.

3. What is the couple doing in "Two Look at Two"?
(a) Hiking.
(b) Napping.
(c) Swinging.
(d) Biking.

4. What happens to the cow in "A Cow in Apple Time"?
(a) She dies.
(b) Her milk goes dry.
(c) She gets stuck jumping over a wall.
(d) She gives birth.

5. Who are having a conversation In "The West-Running Brook"?
(a) Neighbors.
(b) Man and wife.
(c) Father and son.
(d) A priest and rabbi.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the fireflies want to be In "Fireflies in the Garden"?

2. In "Sitting by a Bush in Broad Sunlight" what is breath's partner?

3. According to Frost In "Spring Pools," what will happen to the puddles?

4. What was the subtitle in the original printing of "Departmental"?

5. What color is the spider in "Design"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the perspective "Canis Major" is written from?

2. What is the observation Frost closes with in "The Bear"?

3. What miracle foes "Sitting by a Bush in Broad Sunlight" contemplate?

4. What does the cow do in "A Cow in Apple Time" once she is on a sugar high?

5. What wish does "The Runaway" end with?

6. What does the character confess in the final line of "Bereft"?

7. What idea about friendship does Frost share in "A Time to Talk"?

8. What will the pools in "Spring Pools" give life to?

9. What happens to the town the character in "The Census-Taker" is responsible for?

10. In "A Minor Bird" what is the conclusion the man comes to?

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