TEST - 35

In “The Sparrow,” the bird’s plumage is described as

• dun
• brown
• tawny
• slate

How many taps does the bird make on the window–pane?

• 9
• 10
• 12
• 13

The bird first flutters down beside the speaker’s…

• desk
• book
• window
• lamp

What tries to “call my notice”?

• Its nest
• Its song
• Its wounds
• Its food

The speaker’s response to the bird’s lay is to…

• read on
• work on
• sleep on
• sing on

The stanza ends with the bird…

• returning
• feeding
• flying away
• still tapping

“So birds of peace and hope and love / Come fluttering earthward from…”

• afar
• on high
• ether
• above

They “settle on life’s…”

• lintels
• window–sills
• thresholds
• porches

They “ease our load of earthly…”

• cares
• ills
• debts
• fears

The phrase that blocks admission is “traffic’s…”

• rage and roar
• rush and din
• haste and hum
• pace and press