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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through October 14 To Find Small Caterpillars, Burning Wood, Scents and Sounds, Trees, October 26-30, Election Time, November 8-9 Jack?, The Moon, Habits and Hunts.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do the author and his son go In "Early September"?
(a) The art fair.
(b) The county fair.
(c) The state fair.
(d) The farmer's market.

2. In town the author meets _________________, who gives him some wood and fixes his chainsaw.
(a) Peter Kinney.
(b) Perry Kennedy.
(c) Paul Kinnard.
(d) Patrick Kearney.

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

5. One raven flies close to the author, circles away, and then comes back. At this point, what is the author wondering about?
(a) If it is curious about him.
(b) If the raven is scared of him.
(c) If the raven does not like him.
(d) If it is his friend Jack.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The author smells a scent that triggers a memory of a childhood evening with whom?

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

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

5. "October 3 The Annual Rendezvous" is about __________________.

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