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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 flower does the narrator write about in April?
(a) Draba.
(b) Catbush.
(c) Daisy.
(d) Prairie flower.

2. What kind of predator follows the meadow mouse?
(a) Eagle.
(b) Skunk.
(c) Rabbit.
(d) Hawk.

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

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

5. Who or what destroys the painting the narrator describes?
(a) Water.
(b) A person.
(c) A storm.
(d) Wind.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Plovers are smart enough to avoid what?

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

4. How long does it take silphium to mature?

5. How many of the fish that the narrator catches are record breakers in size?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why do pines have the reputation of being green year round?

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

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

6. When the narrator sees two woodcocks sky dance, what does he not know about them?

7. What does the narrator consider the "big deal" when he catches three trout?

8. What is the main argument of this book?

9. What does the narrator consider special about the woodcock?

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

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