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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. In the section "Time," the author realizes that he has spent over _________ months in the cabin.
(a) Five.
(b) Two.
(c) Three.
(d) Four.

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

3. In "Beginnings," the author tells us that he has what kind of contact with the outside world?
(a) A walkie-talkie.
(b) A telephone in the neighbor's outhouse.
(c) A cell phone.
(d) A telephone in his bedroom.

4. The families have lived in the area since _________, and the author is a friend of the descendants of those first settlers.
(a) 1769.
(b) 1967.
(c) 1697.
(d) 1796.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. "The Time of Birdsong" describes the author's all-day observations of __________.

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

3. While the author is working on building the new outhouse, what must he make a trip into town to get?

4. "The Urgency of Spring" is the story of what?

5. The trees that now populate the region are the trees of __________.

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