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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) When the air turns too cool for them.
(b) At the end of summer.
(c) At the beginning of winter.
(d) When their chicks are grown.

2. Why do humans begin to destroy the plover?
(a) They like to eat them.
(b) They get in the way.
(c) They are a nuisance.
(d) They are destroying crops.

3. How many of the fish that the narrator catches are record breakers in size?
(a) Four.
(b) None.
(c) Two.
(d) One.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Plovers are smart enough to avoid what?

2. Most geese travel in families of how many?

3. What is silphium?

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

5. How many fish does the narrator catch?

(see the answer key)

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