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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through December 21, December 23 Ravens, December 25, 29 December Winter Ecology, January 5 Bog Trip, January 6 A Discussion, Excursions, January 13, January 20 Coyotes, January 25 Sweet and Sour Grubs, The Spiker, January 31, February 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "September 13," how many miles does the author run as he observes caterpillars, ravens, and flies along the way?
(a) Fifteen.
(b) Twenty.
(c) Ten.
(d) Thirty.

2. How does the sample surprise the author?
(a) How many dangerous organisms live there.
(b) How much life is down there.
(c) How much pollution accompanied those organisms.
(d) How dirty the water was.

3. Where are the students who arrive in "December 29 Winter Ecology" from?
(a) All over Maine.
(b) The author's high school.
(c) The author's university.
(d) All over the country.

4. In the section "Flying Samaras and Consciousness," the author writes about the little rotary seeds of the ____________ tree known as samaras.
(a) Oak.
(b) Pine.
(c) Poplar.
(d) Maple.

5. The two men catch up on what has been going on in the area, including _____________ protest of a logging operation.
(a) A Green.
(b) An Audubon Society.
(c) A Sierra Club.
(d) An Earth First.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is "September 27 Starting a Sugar Shack" about?

3. During a ________, the author notices that most of the trees turn from green to yellow.

4. When little mice first start to join the author in his cabin, he thinks they are ___________.

5. The author has become rather sick of celebrating __________________ in the traditional American way.

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