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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In the section "Election Time," the author's ______________ is visiting for a deer hunt.
(a) Nephew.
(b) Son.
(c) Niece.
(d) Cousin.

3. On what does the author base his conclusions?
(a) On previously discovered scientific evidence.
(b) On his observations.
(c) On his experiments.
(d) On his assumptions.

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

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

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

7. In the section "October 6 Cherry Hill Drive", the author drives to a clearing that has been logged ______________ before.
(a) Many months.
(b) Many years.
(c) A few weeks.
(d) A few decades.

8. A great glacier expands and retracts across North America for the last few _____________ years.
(a) Trillion.
(b) Billion.
(c) Million.
(d) Thousand.

9. In "Jack," what details are given about the author?
(a) The author's relationship with his son.
(b) The author's relationship with the raven he captured when it was a baby.
(c) The author's relationship with his neighbor.
(d) The author's relationship with a young deer.

10. In "Beginnings," the author tells us that he has what kind of contact with the outside world?
(a) A walkie-talkie.
(b) A cell phone.
(c) A telephone in his bedroom.
(d) A telephone in the neighbor's outhouse.

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

12. The author writes about the delicate relationship between _________.
(a) The Earth and the rest of the solar system.
(b) The Earth and the stars.
(c) The Earth and the moon.
(d) The Earth and the sun.

13. As the author cuts wood for the winter, he notices areas he cleared only a few years before are covered with __________.
(a) Shrubs.
(b) Leaves.
(c) Saplings.
(d) Moss.

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

15. Do they spot deer?
(a) No.
(b) Yes, but only a few.
(c) Yes, many.
(d) Yes, but only one.

Short Answer Questions

1. "Beginnings" deals with the author's goals for the _________ he will spend in the cabin.

2. "Scrap Lumber" describes the author's daily routine of ___________.

3. In the section "June 12 Early Harvests," the author continues felling trees and splitting wood for __________.

4. What does the author reflect on as he gathers bunches of berries?

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

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