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

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

3. Why does the author roll rocks under the foundation of his cabin?
(a) To make it more attractive.
(b) To winterize it.
(c) To keep the animals out.
(d) To help keep it dry.

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

5. What comes out in the early evening, closely followed by several types of songbirds?
(a) Deer.
(b) Swarms of mosquitoes.
(c) Bats.
(d) Swarms of flies.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The birds start when it is still dark and the singing picks up with the increasing __________.

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

4. The author has observed that the small cemeteries are full of the families who first came to the area and that the majority of gravestones belong to whom?

5. In town the author meets _________________, who gives him some wood and fixes his chainsaw.

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