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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 21, Wilderness.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the narrator, who are his tenants?
(a) The animals who live there.
(b) His family who lives there.
(c) Those who visit him.
(d) Those who rent his land.

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

3. When do people begin to settle in the prairie lands?
(a) 1840s.
(b) 1810s.
(c) 1850s.
(d) 1860s.

4. Who does the narrator say is the first animal to awaken in January?
(a) Hawk.
(b) Skunk.
(c) Mouse.
(d) Bear.

5. Where does the upland plover spend the winter?
(a) Canada.
(b) The South Pole.
(c) Central America.
(d) Argentina.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the dairy industry want to put a dam on the river?

2. Who actually kills the bear?

3. According to the narrator in Chapter 14, what is the purpose of the farms they are passing by?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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