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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 13, the narrator discusses the extinction of what?
(a) The passenger pigeon.
(b) The draba.
(c) The golden swallow.
(d) The crane.

2. How long does it take the chicks to grow up and learn to fly after they hatch?
(a) 2 months.
(b) 90 days.
(c) 30 days.
(d) 4 months.

3. How long do birch trees usually live?
(a) 1,000 years.
(b) 50 years.
(c) 25 years.
(d) 100 years.

4. What kind of grass do the cattle love to eat?
(a) Wheatgrass.
(b) Bitterbrush.
(c) Downy chess.
(d) Sagegrass.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How long does the narrator wait to cut the oak tree down?

2. Who or what destroys the painting the narrator describes?

3. In Chapter 14, what are the grandfather and grandson cutting down?

4. Most geese travel in families of how many?

5. Who does the narrator think is the only one who listens to the wolf's howl objectively?

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