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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through August 4 Wanderers, August 6 Late Summer Ramblings, August 9-13 Some Berries, August 14 Whispers of Fall, August 30, Early September, September 13, September 18, September 20 Clearcuts.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The author and a friend who comes to visit one evening make a ___________ cobbler and dance in the moonlight.
(a) Raspberry.
(b) Blackberry.
(c) Strawberry.
(d) Blueberry.

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

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

4. "Scrap Lumber" describes the author's daily routine of ___________.
(a) Writing poetry.
(b) Sleeping late and watching the birds.
(c) Cutting wood and avoiding the biting flies and mosquitoes.
(d) Swimming in the pond and sun bathing.

5. The author observes a pair of swallows in a nest by his cabin and how quickly they move on with their lives when ____________.
(a) Their nest is destroyed.
(b) Their baby birds are killed.
(c) They are injured while protecting their nest.
(d) Their eggs hatch.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Jack," what details are given about the author?

2. What are the author and his son doing as the section "August 30" begins?

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

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

5. During his daily_______, the author sees a web of many tiny caterpillars all flashing together in unison from side to side.

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