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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. "The Urgency of Spring" is the story of what?
(a) How the author is desperately in need of spring.
(b) How the woods is in need of spring's warmth.
(c) How plants and animals reproduce and die.
(d) How plants and animals cannot wait for spring.

2. What is "October 10 Home Chores" about?
(a) The author's peculiar style of living in the cabin.
(b) The author's chores.
(c) The author's records of his experiences.
(d) The author's family.

3. When they first arrive at the cabin, who depends on the author for his food and his companionship?
(a) The son.
(b) The neighbor.
(c) The raven.
(d) The deer.

4. Giant piles of gravel, steep ridges, and ponds are all evidence of ___________.
(a) The last meteor shower.
(b) The last glacier.
(c) The last tornado.
(d) The last earthquake.

5. The author smells a scent that triggers a memory of a childhood evening with whom?
(a) His father.
(b) His brother.
(c) His aunt.
(d) His mother.

6. Why does the author roll rocks under the foundation of his cabin?
(a) To winterize it.
(b) To help keep it dry.
(c) To make it more attractive.
(d) To keep the animals out.

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

8. When Europeans arrive, why do they clear the land?
(a) To make it suitable for agriculture.
(b) To be able to watch the sun rise and set.
(c) To make room for more people to come.
(d) To make is suitable for living.

9. Now that the leaves have fallen, what can the author do?
(a) Go deer hunting.
(b) See for long distances and observe more of the natural world.
(c) Take a break from watching nature.
(d) Go skiing.

10. In the section "June 12 Early Harvests," the author continues felling trees and splitting wood for __________.
(a) Building an outhouse.
(b) Building a barn.
(c) Adding onto his cabin.
(d) His winter fires.

11. During his daily_______, the author sees a web of many tiny caterpillars all flashing together in unison from side to side.
(a) Walk.
(b) Hike.
(c) Run.
(d) Bike ride.

12. What comes out in the early evening, closely followed by several types of songbirds?
(a) Deer.
(b) Bats.
(c) Swarms of flies.
(d) Swarms of mosquitoes.

13. When farming begins to spread farther west, the land reverts from farmland to ________.
(a) Forests.
(b) Glaciers.
(c) Deserts.
(d) Swamps.

14. After a few weeks, what does Jack learn to do on his own?
(a) Swim.
(b) Hunt.
(c) Fly.
(d) Eat.

15. What does the author notice about the plants in the shade?
(a) They grow faster and always flower.
(b) They are lighter in color than those in sunlight.
(c) They grow slower and sometimes never flower.
(d) They are larger than those in sunlight.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "November 8-9 Jack?" the author observes a group of ravens that he has done what for?

2. In the section "September 23-26 The Garden," the author observes what about the green beans and squash he planted?

3. Though the pair is hunting on election day, the author observes what?

4. The trees that now populate the region are the trees of __________.

5. Where do the author and his son go In "Early September"?

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