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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 animal/bird does the plover follow?
(a) Prairie dogs.
(b) Rabbits.
(c) Hawks.
(d) Buffalo.

2. What is silphium?
(a) A weed.
(b) A flower.
(c) Grass.
(d) A tree.

3. Where do plovers nest?
(a) Under the ground.
(b) Hayfields.
(c) Barns.
(d) Trees.

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

5. All the trees in the area date to what time?
(a) 1870s and 1880s.
(b) 1830s and 1840s.
(c) 1810s and 1820s.
(d) 1850s and 1860s.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do humans begin to destroy the plover?

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

3. Where does the upland plover spend the winter?

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

5. What tree does the narrator write about in April?

(see the answer key)

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