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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. During a ________, the author notices that most of the trees turn from green to yellow.
(a) Walk.
(b) Bike ride.
(c) Run.
(d) Hike.

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

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

4. When little mice first start to join the author in his cabin, he thinks they are ___________.
(a) Annoying.
(b) Scary.
(c) Disgusting.
(d) Cute.

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

6. Though the pair is hunting on election day, the author observes what?
(a) It really has no meaning to them, so removed from the real world.
(b) He feels the need to vote.
(c) He wonders who he would have voted for.
(d) There are quite a few others out hunting instead of voting.

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

8. In "Trees," the author writes about using trees as _______.
(a) Food.
(b) A source of paper.
(c) Energy.
(d) A means of blocking the sun.

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

10. In "Bedrock," the author gives a ___________ history of the region.
(a) Geologic.
(b) Geometric.
(c) Geographic.
(d) Geothermal.

11. "October 3 The Annual Rendezvous" is about __________________.
(a) A party that the author hosts up on the mountain every year.
(b) A party the author attends every year.
(c) A dinner meeting the author holds every year for his colleagues.
(d) A faculty meeting held for all college professors.

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

13. "The Traveling Companion" begins with the author's description of his journey to ___________.
(a) His son's home in Vermont.
(b) His cabin deep in the woods of Maine.
(c) His son's school.
(d) The bog.

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

15. As the author is running through the forest, he comes to a clearing that has been logged a few years earlier. What does he see there?
(a) A deer.
(b) A bear.
(c) A cougar.
(d) A moose.

Short Answer Questions

1. The families have lived in the area since _________, and the author is a friend of the descendants of those first settlers.

2. The author and his son plant a ______ oak near the cabin.

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

4. The author observes that single leaves __________ turn different colors.

5. The author watches in fascination as _______________.

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