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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. How long does it take the chicks to grow up and learn to fly after they hatch?
(a) 4 months.
(b) 30 days.
(c) 2 months.
(d) 90 days.

3. The woodcock begins its overture with throaty chirps that are spaced how far apart?
(a) Five seconds.
(b) One minutes.
(c) Two seconds.
(d) One second.

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

5. What is one thing that nobody knows about the woodcock and the dance?
(a) Where it ends.
(b) When it occurs.
(c) How long it lasts.
(d) Where the female bird is.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do animals generally move during this time in January?

2. How does the painting, that the narrator describes in August, begin?

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

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

5. When does the narrator leave his house with a notebook and coffee?

Short Essay Questions

1. When the narrator sees two woodcocks sky dance, what does he not know about them?

2. Why does the narrator see his disease plagued woods as a blessing?

3. Why is the narrator unsuccessful in transplanting silphium?

4. To what does the narrator ascribe his likes and dislikes in plants?

5. What do people learn by banding birds?

6. Why does the narrator say that November is the month of the axe?

7. What distinction does the narrator make between the muskrat and the geese?

8. The narrator says that the migratory habits of the upland plover proves that nature knows what?

9. What does the narrator believe are the three commandments of the chickadees?

10. What does the narrator consider the "big deal" when he catches three trout?

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