View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the narrator, who are his tenants?
(a) His family who lives there.
(b) Those who visit him.
(c) The animals who live there.
(d) Those who rent his land.

2. What saves the plovers?
(a) Federal migratory bird laws.
(b) Federal habitat laws.
(c) Local gun laws.
(d) The plovers move to other areas.

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

4. In the November chapter, the narrator's focus is on what?
(a) Animals.
(b) Flowers.
(c) Chickadees.
(d) Trees.

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

6. In June, the robin starts singing in the early morning, but in autumn, when does the robin sing?
(a) In the afternoon.
(b) In the evening.
(c) In mid morning.
(d) The robin is silent.

7. Where does the meadow mouse live in the winter?
(a) In tree trunks.
(b) In tunnels in the snow.
(c) In tunnels in the ground.
(d) Under buildings.

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

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

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

11. What kind of tracks are seen in the painting?
(a) There are no tracks in the painting.
(b) People tracks.
(c) Tire tracks.
(d) Animal tracks.

12. What is the first bird that the narrator hears singing?
(a) The cardinals.
(b) The sparrows.
(c) The yellow warblers.
(d) The plovers.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is silphium?

3. Plovers are smart enough to avoid what?

4. Where does the woodcock land after the dance?

5. What tree does the narrator write about in April?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 384 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample