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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through August 4 Wanderers, August 6 Late Summer Ramblings, August 9-13 Some Berries, August 14 Whispers of Fall, August 30, Early September, September 13, September 18, September 20 Clearcuts.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When they first arrive at the cabin, who depends on the author for his food and his companionship?
(a) The son.
(b) The deer.
(c) The raven.
(d) The neighbor.

2. In "Late Summer Ramblings," the author writes about the changing of the seasons and the life cycle of ________.
(a) The raven.
(b) Man.
(c) The deer.
(d) The moth.

3. In the section "September 20 Clearcuts," the author observes some wasps. This makes him think back to _____________.
(a) The wasps by his cabin.
(b) His own collection of wasps.
(c) His son's collection of wasps.
(d) His own father's collection of wasps.

4. What caused the animals in the region to change?
(a) The changing climate.
(b) The coming of man.
(c) The change in the food supply.
(d) The change in the landscape.

5. The author has observed that the small cemeteries are full of the families who first came to the area and that the majority of gravestones belong to whom?
(a) Adults.
(b) Men.
(c) Women.
(d) Children.

Short Answer Questions

1. While the author is working on building the new outhouse, what must he make a trip into town to get?

2. In "Beginnings," the author tells us that he has what kind of contact with the outside world?

3. "The Urgency of Spring" is the story of what?

4. His traveling companion is a ____________ that he took out of the nest when it was still a baby.

5. A great glacier expands and retracts across North America for the last few _____________ years.

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