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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Eventually, what does Jack do?
(a) He returns to school.
(b) He flies away from the author and the cabin and does not return.
(c) He attacks the author.
(d) He moves back home.

2. The author smells a scent that triggers a memory of a childhood evening with whom?
(a) His brother.
(b) His aunt.
(c) His mother.
(d) His father.

3. What are the author and his son doing as the section "August 30" begins?
(a) Fishing.
(b) Singing.
(c) Hiking.
(d) Picking blackberries.

4. In town the author meets _________________, who gives him some wood and fixes his chainsaw.
(a) Peter Kinney.
(b) Paul Kinnard.
(c) Perry Kennedy.
(d) Patrick Kearney.

5. Where do the author and his son go In "Early September"?
(a) The farmer's market.
(b) The county fair.
(c) The art fair.
(d) The state fair.

6. In the section "October 6 Cherry Hill Drive", the author drives to a clearing that has been logged ______________ before.
(a) A few decades.
(b) Many months.
(c) Many years.
(d) A few weeks.

7. The author reflects in "October 14 To Find Small Caterpillars" that he is much like whom?
(a) HIs father.
(b) Jack.
(c) His wife.
(d) His son.

8. Why does the author roll rocks under the foundation of his cabin?
(a) To winterize it.
(b) To make it more attractive.
(c) To keep the animals out.
(d) To help keep it dry.

9. The author has observed that the small cemeteries are full of the families who first came to the area and that the majority of gravestones belong to whom?
(a) Adults.
(b) Women.
(c) Children.
(d) Men.

10. What does the section "August 4 Wanderers" describe?
(a) The animals that wander the forest.
(b) A powerful storm.
(c) A heavy rain and the animals who depend on that moisture.
(d) The author wandering in the woods.

11. The families have lived in the area since _________, and the author is a friend of the descendants of those first settlers.
(a) 1967.
(b) 1796.
(c) 1697.
(d) 1769.

12. What does the author find for Jack to sleep on?
(a) A straw mattress.
(b) A twin bed.
(c) A wood pile.
(d) A blanket.

13. "October 3 The Annual Rendezvous" is about __________________.
(a) A faculty meeting held for all college professors.
(b) A party that the author hosts up on the mountain every year.
(c) A dinner meeting the author holds every year for his colleagues.
(d) A party the author attends every year.

14. After a few weeks, what does Jack learn to do on his own?
(a) Eat.
(b) Fly.
(c) Swim.
(d) Hunt.

15. The two men catch up on what has been going on in the area, including _____________ protest of a logging operation.
(a) An Audubon Society.
(b) A Green.
(c) A Sierra Club.
(d) An Earth First.

Short Answer Questions

1. "The Urgency of Spring" is the story of what?

2. The author notes more evidence of the seasons changing in "August 14 Whispers of Fall." Who comes for a visit?

3. The author observes that single leaves __________ turn different colors.

4. When Europeans arrive, why do they clear the land?

5. In the section "Scents and Sounds," to what does the author listen?

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