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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, April.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does the narrator ask to help cut down the oak tree?
(a) His son.
(b) His neighbor.
(c) He does it alone.
(d) A friend.

2. What kind of predator follows the meadow mouse?
(a) Rabbit.
(b) Hawk.
(c) Skunk.
(d) Eagle.

3. Where do the animals go when they are pushed out of their home by the floods?
(a) Higher land.
(b) The forest.
(c) The prairie.
(d) Nowhere, they drown.

4. Why doesn't the woodcock dance in the brush or grass?
(a) It is afraid it gets caught.
(b) It has short legs.
(c) Its wings are too long.
(d) It won't attract the female.

5. Who does the narrator say is the first animal to awaken in January?
(a) Hawk.
(b) Mouse.
(c) Skunk.
(d) Bear.

Short Answer Questions

1. Most geese travel in families of how many?

2. According to the introduction, the first twelve chapters of the book generally are a description of what?

3. How long does the narrator wait to cut the oak tree down?

4. Before human settlers, the prairie lands are in a war against what?

5. In Chapter One, where do the tracks end that the narrator is following?

(see the answer key)

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