A Sand County Almanac Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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A Sand County Almanac Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Pines do best when they are away from their parents, because they get their own what?
(a) Rain.
(b) Food.
(c) Pollinators.
(d) Sunlight.

3. How many fish does the narrator catch?
(a) Five.
(b) Nine.
(c) One.
(d) Three.

4. What is the first wildlife the narrator mentions lives in his woods?
(a) The coons.
(b) The wood ducks.
(c) The chickadees.
(d) The bears.

5. What does the narrator's dog do when the narrator misses a shot?
(a) Walks away.
(b) Barks.
(c) Stays where the partidge is.
(d) Finds another partridge.

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

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

8. How many of the fish that the narrator catches are record breakers in size?
(a) None.
(b) One.
(c) Four.
(d) Two.

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

10. How many winters do the longest survivor of the narrator's banded chickadee group live?
(a) Five.
(b) Six.
(c) Two.
(d) Three.

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

12. A person tells a lot about animals' feeding habits during a season by looking at what?
(a) The tracks.
(b) The plants.
(c) The animal itself.
(d) The ground.

13. What is the general topic of A Sand County?
(a) Environment.
(b) Birds.
(c) Conservation.
(d) Animals.

14. Who does the narrator ask to help cut down the oak tree?
(a) His son.
(b) A friend.
(c) He does it alone.
(d) His neighbor.

15. Why do humans begin to destroy the plover?
(a) They like to eat them.
(b) They are destroying crops.
(c) They are a nuisance.
(d) They get in the way.

Short Answer Questions

1. When is the best time to hunt for grouse?

2. How long do the blackberry bushes glow red?

3. Who lives in the hollow oak trees?

4. Where does the meadow mouse live in the winter?

5. The narrator says that different hunts have different what?

(see the answer keys)

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