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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The narrator talks about the geese's inevitable flight to where?
(a) The marshes of Sand County.
(b) The south.
(c) The north.
(d) Their original breeding ground.

2. Where does the woodcock land after the dance?
(a) The place where they hope to nest.
(b) The grass.
(c) The top of a tree.
(d) The same spot that he start in.

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

4. What is silphium?
(a) Grass.
(b) A flower.
(c) A weed.
(d) A tree.

5. Most hunters don't know that the partridge likes to hang around what bush?
(a) Raspberry bush.
(b) Blueberry bush.
(c) Cranberry bush.
(d) Blackberry bush.

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

7. What animal/bird does the plover follow?
(a) Prairie dogs.
(b) Hawks.
(c) Rabbits.
(d) Buffalo.

8. How many of the fish that the narrator catches are record breakers in size?
(a) One.
(b) Four.
(c) None.
(d) Two.

9. The book begins in January with what type of weather or environment?
(a) The January thaw.
(b) The midwinter blizzards.
(c) The January snow.
(d) The ice storms.

10. Who paints the picture or scene that the narrator likes to view?
(a) The visiting painter.
(b) The river.
(c) The narrator himself.
(d) The painter who lives on the land.

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

12. How many different kinds of pine tree are there in Wisconsin?
(a) Twenty.
(b) Three.
(c) Ten.
(d) One.

13. In June, the robin starts singing in the early morning, but in autumn, when does the robin sing?
(a) The robin is silent.
(b) In the afternoon.
(c) In mid morning.
(d) In the evening.

14. What is the best way to hunt partridge?
(a) Make a plan of what to do.
(b) Walk through the mountains.
(c) Walk between berry bushes.
(d) Walk along the path at the marsh.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What fish is the narrator fishing for?

2. What is the general topic of A Sand County?

3. What is the one thing that the narrator believes really kills a chickadee?

4. Where does the meadow mouse live in the winter?

5. What is one thing that nobody knows about the woodcock and the dance?

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