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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the general topic of A Sand County?
(a) Animals.
(b) Environment.
(c) Conservation.
(d) Birds.

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

3. According to the introduction, the first twelve chapters of the book generally are a description of what?
(a) Nature.
(b) The author's theories.
(c) Family.
(d) The author's travels.

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

5. How many miles do the geese travel?
(a) 200.
(b) 100.
(c) 150.
(d) 400.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What kind of tracks does the narrator follow in Chapter One?

3. How do animals generally move during this time in January?

4. What is silphium?

5. Plovers are smart enough to avoid what?

(see the answer key)

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