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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. How long does it take silphium to mature?
(a) Probably a year.
(b) Probably a millenium.
(c) Probably five years.
(d) Probably a decade.

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

3. According to the narrator in Chapter 17, what is accepted as a necessary evil in the northwestern foothills?
(a) Roaming cattle.
(b) Mosquitoes.
(c) Sagebrush.
(d) Cheat grass.

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

5. Why does the chickadee come by when a person is out chopping trees?
(a) It likes people.
(b) To get food.
(c) To investigate the noise.
(d) It senses danger.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the narrator go to see silphium?

2. A person tells a lot about animals' feeding habits during a season by looking at what?

3. What is one of the main birds that makes the marshland its home, as the marshes are moving northward to Canada?

4. According to the narrator, where do most people see silphium?

5. How many commandments does the narrator believe the chickadee lives by?

(see the answer key)

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