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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 17, Oregon and Utah and Chapter 18, Manitoba.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the narrator, where do most people see silphium?
(a) In areas near graveyards.
(b) In areas near riverbanks.
(c) In a botany book.
(d) In the prairies.

2. A person tells a lot about animals' feeding habits during a season by looking at what?
(a) The tracks.
(b) The plants.
(c) The animal itself.
(d) The ground.

3. Where does the narrator go to see silphium?
(a) The field.
(b) The riverbank.
(c) The graveyard.
(d) The forest.

4. Why does the narrator say he has to get off his neighbor's property?
(a) To avoid being caught for trespassing.
(b) To get back to his house.
(c) So his neighbor can get to work.
(d) To avoid having to explain what he is doing.

5. What kind of grass do the cattle love to eat?
(a) Downy chess.
(b) Wheatgrass.
(c) Sagegrass.
(d) Bitterbrush.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does the narrator leave his house with a notebook and coffee?

2. Pines grow better if they are around certain types of what?

3. What is silphium?

4. What is the first bird that the narrator hears singing?

5. According to the narrator, who are his tenants?

(see the answer key)

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