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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Cows, Early February, March 13 Storm Warnings, March 14 Storm, March 14 After the Storm, March 16, Spring, March 20-21 First Tappers, March 23, March 25 Birch Seeds.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The author notes more evidence of the seasons changing in "August 14 Whispers of Fall." Who comes for a visit?
(a) The author's daughter Erica.
(b) The author's son Stuart, his daughter Erica, and two friends.
(c) The author's wife.
(d) The author's son Stuart and his daughter Erica.

2. For how many days does the intensive class which the author teaches every winter at his cabin last?
(a) Fifteen.
(b) Five.
(c) Twenty.
(d) Ten.

3. The author spends Christmas with whom in "December 25"?
(a) His neighbors.
(b) His family.
(c) The ravens.
(d) The squirrels.

4. After running in "September 27 Starting a Sugar Shack," how does the author feel?
(a) Refreshed and energized.
(b) Exhausted.
(c) Bored.
(d) Tired and sore.

5. How does the author think the clearing will look in the end, even though his style of harvesting trees could be considered sloppy?
(a) Similar to how it looked before.
(b) The same as if no logging had ever taken place.
(c) Like a desert.
(d) Very different from what it has looked like before.

Short Answer Questions

1. After the author runs, how does he feel?

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

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

4. The author observes what in the section "The Moon"?

5. In "Excursions," what creatures are endangered because of high quantities of mercury and PCB in the water?

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