This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through March 30 Cocoons, March 31, April 2 Dreams, April 3 Ice Fishing, April 4 Returns, April 8, April 11, April 20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Jack," what details are given about the author?
(a) The author's relationship with his son.
(b) The author's relationship with a young deer.
(c) The author's relationship with his neighbor.
(d) The author's relationship with the raven he captured when it was a baby.

2. How does the sample surprise the author?
(a) How much pollution accompanied those organisms.
(b) How many dangerous organisms live there.
(c) How much life is down there.
(d) How dirty the water was.

3. In the section "October 6 Cherry Hill Drive", the author drives to a clearing that has been logged ______________ before.
(a) A few decades.
(b) A few weeks.
(c) Many months.
(d) Many years.

4. While the author is working on building the new outhouse, what must he make a trip into town to get?
(a) Some nails.
(b) A hammer.
(c) Some scrap lumber.
(d) Some wood glue.

5. What comes out in the early evening, closely followed by several types of songbirds?
(a) Deer.
(b) Swarms of mosquitoes.
(c) Swarms of flies.
(d) Bats.

Short Answer Questions

1. Though the weather is still cold in "March 16," the author can see the tracks and furrows of many animals. What does he search for as the sun comes out?

2. After the author runs, how does he feel?

3. What does the author reflect on as he gathers bunches of berries?

4. What does the author find for Jack to sleep on?

5. What does the author begin in "March 23"?

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