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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What tree does the narrator write about in April?
(a) Bur fir.
(b) Bur oak.
(c) Sycamore.
(d) Willow.

2. What kind of predator follows the meadow mouse?
(a) Eagle.
(b) Hawk.
(c) Rabbit.
(d) Skunk.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The book begins in January with what type of weather or environment?

2. When do people begin to settle in the prairie lands?

3. The narrator talks about the geese's inevitable flight to where?

4. What is one thing that nobody knows about the woodcock and the dance?

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

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