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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long does it take silphium to mature?
(a) Probably a decade.
(b) Probably five years.
(c) Probably a millenium.
(d) Probably a year.

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

3. Who does the narrator ask to help cut down the oak tree?
(a) His son.
(b) His neighbor.
(c) He does it alone.
(d) A friend.

4. Where do the narrator and his friends wait out the storm?
(a) Outside under the house.
(b) Inside.
(c) In the garage.
(d) In the forest.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When does the narrator leave his house with a notebook and coffee?

2. The narrator says that the geese are making this journey since when?

3. What is the first bird that the narrator hears singing?

4. What or who kills the oak tree?

5. The woodcock begins its overture with throaty chirps that are spaced how far apart?

(see the answer key)

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