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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 many acres of land does the narrator legally own?
(a) 100.
(b) 50.
(c) 12.
(d) 120.

2. Where does the narrator go to see silphium?
(a) The graveyard.
(b) The riverbank.
(c) The forest.
(d) The field.

3. Pines grow better if they are around certain types of what?
(a) Birds.
(b) Bees.
(c) Animals.
(d) Plants.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. When does the narrator leave his house with a notebook and coffee?

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

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