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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, April.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does the woodcock begins his show every year?
(a) One evening in April.
(b) After the first rain in April.
(c) The first warm evening in April.
(d) The full moon in April.

2. In Chapter One, where do the tracks end that the narrator is following?
(a) In the field.
(b) At a pile of driftwood.
(c) At the bottom of the tree.
(d) At the edge of the river.

3. Where do the animals go when they are pushed out of their home by the floods?
(a) Higher land.
(b) Nowhere, they drown.
(c) The prairie.
(d) The forest.

4. How do animals generally move during this time in January?
(a) Ambling along.
(b) Very slowly.
(c) Swiftly.
(d) Very rapidly.

5. Why doesn't the woodcock dance in the brush or grass?
(a) It has short legs.
(b) Its wings are too long.
(c) It is afraid it gets caught.
(d) It won't attract the female.

Short Answer Questions

1. Before human settlers, the prairie lands are in a war against what?

2. Where does the woodcock land after the dance?

3. The narrator says that the geese are good at what?

4. Who does the narrator say is the most exciting about the flooding of the land where he lives?

5. What flower does the narrator write about in April?

(see the answer key)

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