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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15, Arizona and New Mexico.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why is the narrator given his first shotgun at an early age?
(a) To learn how to shoot.
(b) To shoot ducks.
(c) To shoot rabbits.
(d) To shoot squirrels.

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

4. Who does the narrator say is the most exciting about the flooding of the land where he lives?
(a) The woodcock.
(b) The geese.
(c) Himself.
(d) The carp.

5. What kind of tracks are seen in the painting?
(a) Tire tracks.
(b) Animal tracks.
(c) There are no tracks in the painting.
(d) People tracks.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the introduction, the first twelve chapters of the book generally are a description of what?

2. What or who kills the oak tree?

3. The top of the White Mountain is originally only accessible to whom?

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

5. Why don't people ignore all these wild plants?

(see the answer key)

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