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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. Where does the upland plover spend the winter?
(a) Central America.
(b) Argentina.
(c) The South Pole.
(d) Canada.

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

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

4. Where does the woodcock land after the dance?
(a) The grass.
(b) The same spot that he start in.
(c) The top of a tree.
(d) The place where they hope to nest.

5. The narrator says that geese make these migratory journeys where?
(a) Only in the United States.
(b) Only in the eastern hemisphere.
(c) Throughout the world.
(d) Only in the western hemisphere.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long do pine trees usually live?

2. In the November chapter, the narrator's focus is on what?

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

4. What is the main argument of this book?

5. When do birds in the early morning marsh leave for safer waters?

Short Essay Questions

1. What can people learn from animal tracks?

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

3. Why does the narrator like the time when it floods?

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

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

6. Why is the narrator unsuccessful in transplanting silphium?

7. The narrator says that the migratory habits of the upland plover proves that nature knows what?

8. What is the main argument of this book?

9. Why does the narrator say that November is the month of the axe?

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

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