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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Before human settlers, the prairie lands are in a war against what?
(a) Winds.
(b) Weather.
(c) Animals.
(d) Fires.

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

3. How long does the narrator wait to cut the oak tree down?
(a) A few weeks.
(b) Several years.
(c) A month.
(d) A few days.

4. What animal do the cured oak leaves feed?
(a) Grouse.
(b) Wood ducks.
(c) Chickadees.
(d) Coons.

5. Who lives in the hollow oak trees?
(a) Bees.
(b) All the above.
(c) Coons.
(d) Squirrels.

6. What is the one thing that the narrator believes really kills a chickadee?
(a) Disease.
(b) Lack of food.
(c) Owls.
(d) Weather.

7. Plovers are smart enough to avoid what?
(a) Drainage ditches.
(b) Hay mowers.
(c) Owls.
(d) Hawks.

8. Where is the best place to place a trap for a chickadee?
(a) In the direction of the wind.
(b) On the ground.
(c) In the tree.
(d) Near a fallen tree.

9. What is a good indicator of whether a farmer protects his corn crop from deer?
(a) The size of the deer.
(b) The number of other animals that are nearby.
(c) The presence or absence of coons.
(d) The height or length of the branches on trees.

10. How does the painting, that the narrator describes in August, begin?
(a) With a green line.
(b) With an outline.
(c) With a silt ribbon.
(d) With the sky.

11. What is the first wildlife the narrator mentions lives in his woods?
(a) The bears.
(b) The wood ducks.
(c) The chickadees.
(d) The coons.

12. What kind of tracks does the narrator follow in Chapter One?
(a) Skunk.
(b) Rabbit.
(c) Mouse.
(d) Bear.

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

14. According to the introduction, the first twelve chapters of the book generally are a description of what?
(a) The author's travels.
(b) Family.
(c) Nature.
(d) The author's theories.

15. Where do plovers nest?
(a) Hayfields.
(b) Barns.
(c) Under the ground.
(d) Trees.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many different kinds of pine tree are there in Wisconsin?

2. Who or what destroys the painting the narrator describes?

3. Where do the animals go when they are pushed out of their home by the floods?

4. In June, the robin starts singing in the early morning, but in autumn, when does the robin sing?

5. Why don't people ignore all these wild plants?

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