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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Urgency of Spring, June 12 Early Harvests, Jack, Bedrock, Time.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Europeans arrive, why do they clear the land?
(a) To make it suitable for agriculture.
(b) To make is suitable for living.
(c) To make room for more people to come.
(d) To be able to watch the sun rise and set.

2. Giant piles of gravel, steep ridges, and ponds are all evidence of ___________.
(a) The last meteor shower.
(b) The last tornado.
(c) The last earthquake.
(d) The last glacier.

3. After a few weeks, what does Jack learn to do on his own?
(a) Swim.
(b) Fly.
(c) Hunt.
(d) Eat.

4. The two men catch up on what has been going on in the area, including _____________ protest of a logging operation.
(a) An Earth First.
(b) A Sierra Club.
(c) A Green.
(d) An Audubon Society.

5. Eventually, what does Jack do?
(a) He moves back home.
(b) He flies away from the author and the cabin and does not return.
(c) He attacks the author.
(d) He returns to school.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does "Adams Hill" describe?

3. After the evening chorus dies off, what does the author do?

4. What does the author awaken to on his first morning?

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

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