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

2. The narrator concludes that if there is a lone goose, it is caused by what?
(a) Getting lost.
(b) Human involvement.
(c) Being left behind.
(d) Animal involvement.

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

4. How many acres of land does the narrator legally own?
(a) 12.
(b) 120.
(c) 100.
(d) 50.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter One, where do the tracks end that the narrator is following?

2. What is silphium?

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

4. All the trees in the area date to what time?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What are red lanterns and what are they used for?

2. What is the narrator trying to record when he goes out in the morning?

3. What does the narrator consider special about the woodcock?

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

5. What "painting" does the narrator like to view that is seldom viewed?

6. What is the main argument of this book?

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

8. When hunting partridge with his dog, the narrator stops and listens for what?

9. The narrator says that the only thing people hope for with respect to this painting is what?

10. Who or what is the third enemy of the plover?

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