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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Where do the narrator and his friends wait out the storm?
(a) Inside.
(b) In the forest.
(c) In the garage.
(d) Outside under the house.

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

6. How do animals generally move during this time in January?
(a) Very rapidly.
(b) Ambling along.
(c) Very slowly.
(d) Swiftly.

7. Why does the chickadee come by when a person is out chopping trees?
(a) It likes people.
(b) To get food.
(c) To investigate the noise.
(d) It senses danger.

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

9. What tree does the narrator write about in April?
(a) Bur oak.
(b) Sycamore.
(c) Willow.
(d) Bur fir.

10. Why does the narrator like the hazel?
(a) It gives shade.
(b) It has a purple color.
(c) It is nearly extinct in his area.
(d) It provides food for his grouse.

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

12. The narrator says that different hunts have different what?
(a) Time limits.
(b) Flavors.
(c) Patterns.
(d) Smells.

13. What fish is the narrator fishing for?
(a) Salmon.
(b) Catfish.
(c) Carp.
(d) Trout.

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

15. How long does it take to finish the painting?
(a) One day.
(b) Three weeks.
(c) One month.
(d) Two weeks.

Short Answer Questions

1. People tend to ignore song birds that do what?

2. What tree does the narrator have a bias towards?

3. When do the plover go back to Argentina?

4. The narrator says that the geese are making this journey since when?

5. Why don't people ignore all these wild plants?

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