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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When do the plover go back to Argentina?
(a) At the end of summer.
(b) At the beginning of winter.
(c) When the air turns too cool for them.
(d) When their chicks are grown.

2. The woodcock begins its overture with throaty chirps that are spaced how far apart?
(a) One second.
(b) One minutes.
(c) Two seconds.
(d) Five seconds.

3. What do people follow, since there is so little going on in nature in January?
(a) Animal tracks.
(b) Bird nestings.
(c) Bird migrations.
(d) Plant growth.

4. What or who kills the oak tree?
(a) Forestors.
(b) Ice storm.
(c) Burrowing animals.
(d) Lightening.

5. Where does the narrator go to see silphium?
(a) The riverbank.
(b) The graveyard.
(c) The forest.
(d) The field.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does the narrator say he has to get off his neighbor's property?

3. The narrator says that geese make these migratory journeys where?

4. What fish is the narrator fishing for?

5. Why doesn't the woodcock dance in the brush or grass?

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