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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13, Wisconsin.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the narrator love the tamarack?
(a) It provides food for his grouse.
(b) It gives shade.
(c) It is nearly extinct in his area.
(d) It has beautiful leaves.

2. Who does the narrator ask to help cut down the oak tree?
(a) His son.
(b) A friend.
(c) His neighbor.
(d) He does it alone.

3. What animal do the cured oak leaves feed?
(a) Wood ducks.
(b) Chickadees.
(c) Coons.
(d) Grouse.

4. The narrator says that the geese are making this journey since when?
(a) The 1200s.
(b) The 1800s.
(c) The Pleistocene era.
(d) The Ice Age.

5. Plovers are smart enough to avoid what?
(a) Drainage ditches.
(b) Owls.
(c) Hawks.
(d) Hay mowers.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long does the narrator wait to cut the oak tree down?

2. When does the State Conservation Department begin to rebuild the river?

3. According to the narrator, what bird is particularly liked among people in Wisconsin?

4. How does the painting, that the narrator describes in August, begin?

5. Most geese travel in families of how many?

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