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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 19, Conservation Esthetic.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What flower does the narrator describe as blooming in the sand?
(a) The dustwort.
(b) The draba.
(c) The hydrangea.
(d) All of the above.

2. The narrator says that the geese are making this journey since when?
(a) The 1800s.
(b) The Ice Age.
(c) The Pleistocene era.
(d) The 1200s.

3. In 1937, the narrator bands how many chickadees?
(a) 14.
(b) 7.
(c) 21.
(d) 4.

4. Why does the narrator love the tamarack?
(a) It is nearly extinct in his area.
(b) It provides food for his grouse.
(c) It gives shade.
(d) It has beautiful leaves.

5. When does the woodcock begins his show every year?
(a) One evening in April.
(b) After the first rain in April.
(c) The first warm evening in April.
(d) The full moon in April.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long does it take silphium to mature?

2. In the summer, the weather on White Mountain is unpredictable because of what?

3. When do the plover go back to Argentina?

4. According to the narrator, who are his tenants?

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

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