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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Adams County, October is the hunting season for what?
(a) Horned owls.
(b) Geese.
(c) Ducks.
(d) Grouse.

2. The book begins in January with what type of weather or environment?
(a) The January snow.
(b) The midwinter blizzards.
(c) The January thaw.
(d) The ice storms.

3. People tend to ignore song birds that do what?
(a) Sing only in the evening.
(b) Sing long songs.
(c) Sing all the time.
(d) Sing only part of the time.

4. In November, the wind blows in what direction?
(a) South.
(b) West.
(c) North.
(d) East.

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

6. How long do the blackberry bushes glow red?
(a) A week.
(b) A day.
(c) One month.
(d) Two weeks.

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

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

9. According to the narrator, how many times does a person view the same painting?
(a) Only once.
(b) Whenever he wants.
(c) Whenever he comes to the area.
(d) A limited number of times.

10. What is the one thing that the narrator believes really kills a chickadee?
(a) Weather.
(b) Disease.
(c) Owls.
(d) Lack of food.

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

12. What kind of trees do the narrator and dog arrive at during their hunt?
(a) Alders.
(b) Oaks.
(c) Bur Oak.
(d) Willow.

13. Before human settlers, the prairie lands are in a war against what?
(a) Weather.
(b) Fires.
(c) Animals.
(d) Winds.

14. What kind of tracks does the narrator follow in Chapter One?
(a) Bear.
(b) Skunk.
(c) Mouse.
(d) Rabbit.

15. Who or what destroys the painting the narrator describes?
(a) A storm.
(b) Water.
(c) Wind.
(d) A person.

Short Answer Questions

1. Pines do best when they are away from their parents, because they get their own what?

2. The narrator says that the geese are good at what?

3. Where is the best place to place a trap for a chickadee?

4. What animal is playing on the green turf in the painting?

5. The woodcock begins its overture with throaty chirps that are spaced how far apart?

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