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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. All the trees in the area date to what time?
(a) 1850s and 1860s.
(b) 1810s and 1820s.
(c) 1830s and 1840s.
(d) 1870s and 1880s.

2. In Chapter One, where do the tracks end that the narrator is following?
(a) At a pile of driftwood.
(b) At the edge of the river.
(c) At the bottom of the tree.
(d) In the field.

3. Where does the meadow mouse live in the winter?
(a) In tree trunks.
(b) In tunnels in the snow.
(c) Under buildings.
(d) In tunnels in the ground.

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

5. The narrator says that geese make these migratory journeys where?
(a) Throughout the world.
(b) Only in the western hemisphere.
(c) Only in the United States.
(d) Only in the eastern hemisphere.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the narrator go to see silphium?

2. For how long does the faithful oak tree provide wood for the narrator's family?

3. According to the narrator, about how many wild plants go into season every week from April to September?

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

5. Why do humans begin to destroy the plover?

(see the answer key)

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