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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 17, Oregon and Utah and Chapter 18, Manitoba.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In 1937, the narrator bands how many chickadees?
(a) 14.
(b) 7.
(c) 4.
(d) 21.

2. What kind of grass do the cattle love to eat?
(a) Bitterbrush.
(b) Sagegrass.
(c) Wheatgrass.
(d) Downy chess.

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

4. When does the narrator leave his house with a notebook and coffee?
(a) 3:30 a.m.
(b) 7:00 a.m.
(c) 5:00 a.m.
(d) 6:30 a.m.

5. What is the one thing that the narrator believes really kills a chickadee?
(a) Disease.
(b) Owls.
(c) Lack of food.
(d) Weather.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long does it take silphium to mature?

2. What makes cheat grass inedible for the livestock?

3. Pines do best when they are away from their parents, because they get their own what?

4. According to the narrator, about how many wild plants go into season every week from April to September?

5. By following the deer tracks, the narrator finds out that the deer move about in an area approximately how long to find food from their bed?

(see the answer key)

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