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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The narrator says that the geese are good at what?
(a) Flying long distances.
(b) International commerce.
(c) Returning to where they are born.
(d) Eating while flying.

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

3. What kind of tracks does the narrator follow in Chapter One?
(a) Skunk.
(b) Bear.
(c) Mouse.
(d) Rabbit.

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

5. What is the main argument of this book?
(a) Rebuilding.
(b) Social conscience.
(c) Land ethic.
(d) Reparation.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does the woodcock begins his show every year?

2. What do people follow, since there is so little going on in nature in January?

3. For how long does the faithful oak tree provide wood for the narrator's family?

4. Where do the narrator and his friends wait out the storm?

5. What or who kills the oak tree?

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