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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. The logging company uses dangerous ________________ to get rid of the trees.
(a) Large chainsaws.
(b) Small explosions..
(c) Felling tools.
(d) Poisonous sprays.

2. In "Bedrock," the author gives a ___________ history of the region.
(a) Geothermal.
(b) Geometric.
(c) Geologic.
(d) Geographic.

3. "The Time of Birdsong" describes the author's all-day observations of __________.
(a) The ravens.
(b) The different calls and songs of the birds in the area.
(c) The song and calls of the larks by his window.
(d) The birds he has captured in a cage.

4. 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.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What comes out in the early evening, closely followed by several types of songbirds?

3. Eventually, what does Jack do?

4. In the section "Time," the author realizes that he has spent over _________ months in the cabin.

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

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