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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the author do to the mice?
(a) He lures them outside.
(b) He feeds them.
(c) He exterminates them.
(d) He names them.

2. What does Stuart win?
(a) A horse.
(b) A pig.
(c) A pumpkin.
(d) A painting.

3. "Scrap Lumber" describes the author's daily routine of ___________.
(a) Sleeping late and watching the birds.
(b) Writing poetry.
(c) Cutting wood and avoiding the biting flies and mosquitoes.
(d) Swimming in the pond and sun bathing.

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

5. In the section "September 20 Clearcuts," the author observes some wasps. This makes him think back to _____________.
(a) His son's collection of wasps.
(b) His own father's collection of wasps.
(c) The wasps by his cabin.
(d) His own collection of wasps.

6. Eventually, what does Jack do?
(a) He flies away from the author and the cabin and does not return.
(b) He returns to school.
(c) He attacks the author.
(d) He moves back home.

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

8. In "September 23-26 The Garden," what does the author find after waking up one morning?
(a) The animals have eaten his remaining vegetables.
(b) A black bear is outside the cabin.
(c) His vegetables have all flowered.
(d) The first frost has hit, killing all his remaining vegetables.

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

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

11. 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) Go skiing.
(d) Take a break from watching nature.

12. The author observes what in the section "The Moon"?
(a) The sun.
(b) The moon.
(c) The stars.
(d) The night sky.

13. "Beginnings" deals with the author's goals for the _________ he will spend in the cabin.
(a) Year.
(b) Five years.
(c) Six months.
(d) Two years.

14. In the section "Time," the author realizes that he has spent over _________ months in the cabin.
(a) Five.
(b) Three.
(c) Four.
(d) Two.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Do they spot deer?

4. After running in "September 27 Starting a Sugar Shack," how does the author feel?

5. The author and a friend who comes to visit one evening make a ___________ cobbler and dance in the moonlight.

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