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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 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?
(a) Men.
(b) Women.
(c) Children.
(d) Adults.

2. His traveling companion is a ____________ that he took out of the nest when it was still a baby.
(a) Sparrow.
(b) Bluejay.
(c) Robin.
(d) Raven.

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

4. What does the author awaken to on his first morning?
(a) Quiet.
(b) Frogs croaking.
(c) The many different birdcalls.
(d) The sound of cars.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Eventually, what does Jack do?

3. The families have lived in the area since _________, and the author is a friend of the descendants of those first settlers.

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

5. When farming begins to spread farther west, the land reverts from farmland to ________.

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