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

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

3. The narrator says that the geese are making this journey since when?
(a) The Ice Age.
(b) The Pleistocene era.
(c) The 1200s.
(d) The 1800s.

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

5. Where do plovers nest?
(a) Trees.
(b) Hayfields.
(c) Under the ground.
(d) Barns.

Short Answer Questions

1. Most hunters don't know that the partridge likes to hang around what bush?

2. Where do the animals go when they are pushed out of their home by the floods?

3. How many commandments does the narrator believe the chickadee lives by?

4. For how long does the faithful oak tree provide wood for the narrator's family?

5. What is one thing that nobody knows about the woodcock and the dance?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. With regards to hunting partridges, the narrator says that he and his dog have what kind of relationship?

4. Who or what is the third enemy of the plover?

5. What does the narrator believe are the three commandments of the chickadees?

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

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

8. Why is the flora in the area shrinking?

9. How does the bur oak survive the prairie fires?

10. What conclusion does the narrator come to with respect to the lone goose?

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