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

2. What plant is the biggest problem in the northwestern foothills?
(a) Old alfalfa fields.
(b) Cheat grass.
(c) Bunchgrass.
(d) Degrading hay.

3. A person tells a lot about animals' feeding habits during a season by looking at what?
(a) The ground.
(b) The plants.
(c) The tracks.
(d) The animal itself.

4. According to the narrator, where do most people see silphium?
(a) In areas near riverbanks.
(b) In a botany book.
(c) In areas near graveyards.
(d) In the prairies.

5. Pines do best when they are away from their parents, because they get their own what?
(a) Pollinators.
(b) Rain.
(c) Sunlight.
(d) Food.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the chickadee come by when a person is out chopping trees?

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

3. According to the narrator in Chapter 17, what is accepted as a necessary evil in the northwestern foothills?

4. According to the narrator, today the honey-colored hills of the northwest mountains are covered with what?

5. How many winters do the longest survivor of the narrator's banded chickadee group live?

(see the answer key)

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