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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the narrator, about how many wild plants go into season every week from April to September?
(a) 5.
(b) 10.
(c) 15.
(d) 20.

2. Most hunters don't know that the partridge likes to hang around what bush?
(a) Cranberry bush.
(b) Blackberry bush.
(c) Raspberry bush.
(d) Blueberry bush.

3. How many different kinds of pine tree are there in Wisconsin?
(a) Twenty.
(b) Ten.
(c) Three.
(d) One.

4. Pines grow better if they are around certain types of what?
(a) Birds.
(b) Bees.
(c) Animals.
(d) Plants.

5. According to the introduction, the first twelve chapters of the book generally are a description of what?
(a) Nature.
(b) The author's travels.
(c) Family.
(d) The author's theories.

6. Where does the woodcock land after the dance?
(a) The top of a tree.
(b) The place where they hope to nest.
(c) The grass.
(d) The same spot that he start in.

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

8. 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) Five miles.
(b) One-half mile.
(c) Two miles.
(d) One mile.

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

10. In the morning sunlight, the painting is sprayed with what?
(a) An overlay of blue.
(b) A clear color.
(c) Dew.
(d) Nothing.

11. When does the woodcock begins his show every year?
(a) The full moon in April.
(b) One evening in April.
(c) The first warm evening in April.
(d) After the first rain in April.

12. Where do the animals go when they are pushed out of their home by the floods?
(a) Higher land.
(b) Nowhere, they drown.
(c) The prairie.
(d) The forest.

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

14. According to the narrator, where do most people see silphium?
(a) In areas near graveyards.
(b) In the prairies.
(c) In a botany book.
(d) In areas near riverbanks.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When does the narrator leave his house with a notebook and coffee?

2. What kind of tracks are seen in the painting?

3. Where do plovers nest?

4. How long do birch trees usually live?

5. Who bathes in the the pools of the painting?

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