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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7, July.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long does it take silphium to mature?
(a) Probably a millenium.
(b) Probably five years.
(c) Probably a decade.
(d) Probably a year.

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

3. The narrator says that the geese are making this journey since when?
(a) The 1200s.
(b) The 1800s.
(c) The Ice Age.
(d) The Pleistocene era.

4. Where does the upland plover spend the winter?
(a) Canada.
(b) Central America.
(c) The South Pole.
(d) Argentina.

5. What is the general topic of A Sand County?
(a) Environment.
(b) Animals.
(c) Birds.
(d) Conservation.

Short Answer Questions

1. What animal/bird does the plover follow?

2. What is the main argument of this book?

3. What saves the plovers?

4. Who does the narrator say is the most exciting about the flooding of the land where he lives?

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

(see the answer key)

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