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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. What does the author find for Jack to sleep on?
(a) A wood pile.
(b) A blanket.
(c) A straw mattress.
(d) A twin bed.

2. "The Traveling Companion" begins with the author's description of his journey to ___________.
(a) His son's school.
(b) The bog.
(c) His son's home in Vermont.
(d) His cabin deep in the woods of Maine.

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 birds he has captured in a cage.
(d) The song and calls of the larks by his window.

4. A great glacier expands and retracts across North America for the last few _____________ years.
(a) Million.
(b) Trillion.
(c) Billion.
(d) Thousand.

5. After the evening chorus dies off, what does the author do?
(a) He records the songs of the birds.
(b) He grows tired of the birds.
(c) He wakes very early for the dawn chorus.
(d) He sleeps in late.

Short Answer Questions

1. The logging company uses dangerous ________________ to get rid of the trees.

2. The author observes a pair of swallows in a nest by his cabin and how quickly they move on with their lives when ____________.

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

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

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

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