A Blessing Practice Test

What is the setting of the poem?

• a city street

• a desert

• a highway near Rochester, Minnesota

• a forest

How do the ponies react to the speaker and their friend?

• They run away

• They ignore them

• They welcome them gladly

• They are frightened

What action do the ponies take to show their happiness?

• They neigh loudly

• They ripple tensely

• They jump over the fence

• They walk away

How does the speaker feel about the ponies?

• Indifferent

• Afraid

• Annoyed

• Fond

Which literary device is used in "They bow shyly as wet swans"?

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Personification

What does the phrase "Their happiness" in the poem refer to?

• The ponies being fed

• The ponies seeing the speaker and their friend

• The ponies running freely

• The ponies being in the stable

What is the speaker's wish regarding one of the ponies?

• To ride it

• To paint it

• To hold it in their arms

• To feed it

How is the pony described in terms of color?

• Brown

• Black and white

• Grey

• All white

What does the speaker compare the pony's ear to?

• A leaf

• A flower

• The skin over a girl's wrist

• A butterfly

What might "step out of my body" symbolize in the poem?

• Feeling tired

• A desire to escape

• A transformation or becoming one with nature

• Feeling ill