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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What tree does the narrator have a bias towards?
(a) Birch.
(b) Willow.
(c) Pine.
(d) Oak.

3. Why doesn't the woodcock dance in the brush or grass?
(a) It won't attract the female.
(b) Its wings are too long.
(c) It is afraid it gets caught.
(d) It has short legs.

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

5. What kind of trees do the narrator and dog arrive at during their hunt?
(a) Oaks.
(b) Willow.
(c) Alders.
(d) Bur Oak.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to the narrator, where do most people see silphium?

3. What saves the plovers?

4. Pines grow better if they are around certain types of what?

5. In the morning sunlight, the painting is sprayed with what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What distinction does the narrator make between the muskrat and the geese?

2. Where do tamaracks grow?

3. What happens when the narrator cuts down the oak tree?

4. What is the narrator trying to record when he goes out in the morning?

5. Where does the skunk trail go and what is the narrator's conclusion?

6. To what does the narrator ascribe his likes and dislikes in plants?

7. Why does the narrator consider the oak tree special?

8. Why does a person not return for a second viewing of the "painting" that the author likes to view?

9. Why is the narrator unsuccessful in transplanting silphium?

10. What are red lanterns and what are they used for?

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