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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. How many commandments does the narrator believe the chickadee lives by?
(a) 10.
(b) 2.
(c) 3.
(d) 5.

3. Getting up early is a vice of horned owls, stars, geese and what?
(a) Grouse.
(b) Mice.
(c) Freight trains.
(d) Dogs.

4. What do people follow, since there is so little going on in nature in January?
(a) Plant growth.
(b) Animal tracks.
(c) Bird migrations.
(d) Bird nestings.

5. The woodcock begins its overture with throaty chirps that are spaced how far apart?
(a) Two seconds.
(b) One second.
(c) One minutes.
(d) Five seconds.

6. Plovers are smart enough to avoid what?
(a) Hay mowers.
(b) Owls.
(c) Hawks.
(d) Drainage ditches.

7. According to the narrator, some hunters get into the habit of getting up early from who or what?
(a) From dogs or coffee pots.
(b) From geese or coffee pots.
(c) From geese or other birds.
(d) From owls or other birds.

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

9. What is a good indicator of whether a farmer protects his corn crop from deer?
(a) The presence or absence of coons.
(b) The number of other animals that are nearby.
(c) The height or length of the branches on trees.
(d) The size of the deer.

10. Who bathes in the the pools of the painting?
(a) Deer.
(b) Fish.
(c) Goldfinches.
(d) Robins.

11. What is silphium?
(a) Grass.
(b) A tree.
(c) A weed.
(d) A flower.

12. The narrator concludes that if there is a lone goose, it is caused by what?
(a) Human involvement.
(b) Animal involvement.
(c) Being left behind.
(d) Getting lost.

13. Where do plovers nest?
(a) Barns.
(b) Trees.
(c) Hayfields.
(d) Under the ground.

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

15. The narrator says that the geese are making this journey since when?
(a) The 1800s.
(b) The 1200s.
(c) The Pleistocene era.
(d) The Ice Age.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator hear when the sun comes up?

2. How do September mornings begin?

3. What fish is the narrator fishing for?

4. Where does the woodcock land after the dance?

5. How many different kinds of pine tree are there in Wisconsin?

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