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

2. What does "Adams Hill" describe?
(a) The land around the cabin and the family who first settled in the area.
(b) The author's family.
(c) A local cemetery.
(d) A favorite sledding hill.

3. In the section "June 12 Early Harvests," the author continues felling trees and splitting wood for __________.
(a) His winter fires.
(b) Adding onto his cabin.
(c) Building an outhouse.
(d) Building a barn.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When they first arrive at the cabin, who depends on the author for his food and his companionship?

2. "The Traveling Companion" begins with the author's description of his journey to ___________.

3. In "Bedrock," the author gives a ___________ history of the region.

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

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

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