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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. According to the narrator, today the honey-colored hills of the northwest mountains are covered with what?
(a) Old alfalfa fields.
(b) Cheat grass.
(c) Degrading hay.
(d) Bunchgrass.

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

3. How many winters do the longest survivor of the narrator's banded chickadee group live?
(a) Three.
(b) Five.
(c) Two.
(d) Six.

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

5. According to the narrator, who are his tenants?
(a) Those who rent his land.
(b) His family who lives there.
(c) Those who visit him.
(d) The animals who live there.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the one thing that the narrator believes really kills a chickadee?

2. Why does the narrator say he has to get off his neighbor's property?

3. Where does the narrator go to see silphium?

4. What plant is the biggest problem in the northwestern foothills?

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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