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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7, July.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Most geese travel in families of how many?
(a) Six.
(b) Twelve.
(c) Ten.
(d) Fifteen.

2. According to the narrator, where do most people see silphium?
(a) In the prairies.
(b) In areas near riverbanks.
(c) In areas near graveyards.
(d) In a botany book.

3. Where does the woodcock land after the dance?
(a) The grass.
(b) The top of a tree.
(c) The place where they hope to nest.
(d) The same spot that he start in.

4. What is the first bird that the narrator hears singing?
(a) The plovers.
(b) The sparrows.
(c) The yellow warblers.
(d) The cardinals.

5. The book begins in January with what type of weather or environment?
(a) The ice storms.
(b) The January snow.
(c) The January thaw.
(d) The midwinter blizzards.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What kind of predator follows the meadow mouse?

(see the answer key)

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