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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the painting, that the narrator describes in August, begin?
(a) With a silt ribbon.
(b) With a green line.
(c) With the sky.
(d) With an outline.

2. When does the narrator leave his house with a notebook and coffee?
(a) 6:30 a.m.
(b) 3:30 a.m.
(c) 5:00 a.m.
(d) 7:00 a.m.

3. The narrator says that November is the month of the what?
(a) The wind.
(b) The shovel.
(c) The axe.
(d) The tractor.

4. The narrator talks about the geese's inevitable flight to where?
(a) The south.
(b) Their original breeding ground.
(c) The north.
(d) The marshes of Sand County.

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

6. What animal/bird does the plover follow?
(a) Buffalo.
(b) Hawks.
(c) Rabbits.
(d) Prairie dogs.

7. By following the deer tracks, the narrator finds out that the deer move about in an area approximately how long to find food from their bed?
(a) One mile.
(b) Two miles.
(c) Five miles.
(d) One-half mile.

8. Where does the narrator go fishing?
(a) Sand County Creek.
(b) Sand County River.
(c) Alder Fork.
(d) Prairie Stream.

9. Pines do best when they are away from their parents, because they get their own what?
(a) Pollinators.
(b) Sunlight.
(c) Rain.
(d) Food.

10. A person tells a lot about animals' feeding habits during a season by looking at what?
(a) The ground.
(b) The animal itself.
(c) The plants.
(d) The tracks.

11. What animal is playing on the green turf in the painting?
(a) Deer.
(b) Rabbits.
(c) Mice.
(d) Prairie dogs.

12. Where does the narrator go to see silphium?
(a) The graveyard.
(b) The field.
(c) The forest.
(d) The riverbank.

13. What kind of predator follows the meadow mouse?
(a) Hawk.
(b) Eagle.
(c) Rabbit.
(d) Skunk.

14. When is the best time to hunt for grouse?
(a) When the weather turns cold.
(b) When the berries turn ripe.
(c) When the rain starts.
(d) When the tamaracks turn gold.

15. For how long does the faithful oak tree provide wood for the narrator's family?
(a) 40 years.
(b) 60 years.
(c) 20 years.
(d) 80 years.

Short Answer Questions

1. What or who kills the oak tree?

2. Who does the narrator say is the first animal to awaken in January?

3. Why does the chickadee come by when a person is out chopping trees?

4. When do birds in the early morning marsh leave for safer waters?

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

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