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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Wander not return to the charred side of the water to look for the female wolf in "Howl"?
(a) He cannot track her in snow.
(b) The woods are still burning.
(c) It is raining too hard.
(d) He cannot track her in ash.

2. What name was OR-7 given in 2015?
(a) Wander.
(b) Rambler.
(c) Journey.
(d) Roamer.

3. Cougars are able to jump more than how many feet into a tree?
(a) 15.
(b) 25.
(c) 8.
(d) 10.

4. What do the pale green clumps of sagebrush give way to as Wander makes his way up the mountain in "Mountain"?
(a) Redwoods.
(b) Ferns.
(c) Honeysuckle.
(d) Junipers.

5. How much rain does the western side of the Siskiyous get yearly?
(a) 30-60 inches.
(b) 70-80 inches.
(c) 120-140 inches.
(d) 80-120 inches.

6. What term from "Wolf Behavior" refers to the interaction between two different organisms living in close physical association?
(a) Amiotic.
(b) Ungulate.
(c) Symbiotic.
(d) Stiendus.

7. What does Wander kill and eat when the buck gets away in "Track"?
(a) A snake.
(b) A squirrel.
(c) A rabbit.
(d) A raccoon.

8. What did Wander's mother say watched over the wolves?
(a) The wolf star.
(b) The north star.
(c) The mountain star.
(d) The earth star.

9. Who dared Wander to eat a frog once?
(a) Wag.
(b) Pounce.
(c) Warm.
(d) Sharp.

10. What do the horses not have to send up an alarm about the cougar, according to the narrator in "Hunt"?
(a) Squirrels.
(b) Ravens.
(c) Starlings.
(d) Chipmunks.

11. What color are the eyes of sandhill cranes?
(a) Black.
(b) Yellow.
(c) Red.
(d) White.

12. At about what age do wolves' eyes change to amber coloring?
(a) 6 weeks.
(b) 2 years.
(c) 8 months.
(d) 8 weeks.

13. The Zumwalt Prairie is the last of what type of prairies in North America?
(a) High desert prairies.
(b) Native daisy prairies.
(c) Ponderosa pine prairies.
(d) Native bunch grass prairies.

14. What term in the book refers to a hoofed mammal?
(a) Angulate.
(b) Ungulate.
(c) Monotremata.
(d) Anatinus.

15. About how big are the nests that hummingbirds build?
(a) The size of a tennis ball.
(b) The size of a basketball.
(c) The size of a peanut shell.
(d) The size of a walnut shell.

Short Answer Questions

1. For how long have pronghorns lived in North America?

2. How large might be the territorial range of a wolf pack in the Arctic?

3. Hummingbirds weigh about as much as what, according to the author in "The Habitats of the Pacific Northwest"?

4. What color caps do sandhill cranes have?

5. What was OR-7's pack named in 2015?

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