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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 "The Flower Boat." where do the unused fishing dories find themselves?
(a) Adrift.
(b) On lawns.
(c) In the junkyard.
(d) In the landfill.

2. According to the poem "The Onset," which season mesmerizes?
(a) Summer.
(b) Winter.
(c) Spring.
(d) Fall.

3. In "Sitting by a Bush in Broad Sunlight" what is breath's partner?
(a) Life.
(b) Nature.
(c) Truth.
(d) Faith.

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

5. Frost's poems are said to have "catholic appeal." Which phrase is synonymous with "catholic appeal"?
(a) Natural appeal.
(b) Individual appeal.
(c) Timeless appeal.
(d) Universal appeal.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Tree at My Window," what concern creates a kinship between the speaker and the tree?

2. What is the first thing the wasp in "The White-Tailed Wasp" mistakes for a fly?

3. In 'Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening," the man thinks his horse is confused at stopping when there is no what nearby?

4. According to "Waspish," what does the wasp possess a lot of as it stretches?

5. What do the birds in "Our Singing Strength" have to follow?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does the couple feel at the end of "Two Look at Two"?

3. In "The White-Tailed Hornet" what is Frost's reflection about humanity?

4. What is unusual about the bird in "The Oven Bird"?

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

6. In "A Serious Step Lightly Taken" what has the property seen?

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

8. What do the man and wife want to do with the brook in "The West-Running Brook"?

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

10. What does the poem "Departmental" describe?

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