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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. How many acres of land does the narrator legally own?
(a) 100.
(b) 12.
(c) 50.
(d) 120.

4. What does the narrator hear when the sun comes up?
(a) Animals moving.
(b) Dogs barking.
(c) A tree falling.
(d) The neighbor's tractor.

5. The narrator likens the hunter in the Sierra Madres to what?
(a) Bears.
(b) Conquistadors.
(c) Monkeys.
(d) Soldiers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the one thing that the narrator believes really kills a chickadee?

2. What is the first wildlife the narrator mentions lives in his woods?

3. In Chapter 13, the narrator discusses the extinction of what?

4. According to the narrator, where do most people see silphium?

5. What tree does the narrator have a bias towards?

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