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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Emil sometimes hurt by going to the park?
(a) He is reminded of a friend's death.
(b) He is unsteady and trips on the stairs.
(c) The park animals are wild and vicious.
(d) The only place he has to go from the park is home.

2. What has George read is wrong with the atmosphere?
(a) It is too crowded with ducks.
(b) It is escaping into space.
(c) It is too crowded with planes.
(d) It is becoming polluted with dirt.

3. What is a blatter?
(a) A type of duck.
(b) A tool used for calling ducks.
(c) A phrase that means talkative.
(d) An organ in the body.

4. What kind of housing do George and Emil live in?
(a) Houses.
(b) Projects.
(c) Apartments.
(d) Condos.

5. Why has man watched birds for so long?
(a) To try to gather their feathers.
(b) To predict the weather.
(c) To eat them.
(d) To obtain the secret of flight.

Short Answer Questions

1. Trying to help Emil remember, what word does George provide?

2. What part of the atmosphere has George been reading about?

3. What survival tools has Nature given the duck?

4. What is one of the important things needed to hunt a duck?

5. How tall does George claim the pandas were?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do George and Emil think about hunting ducks and stuffing them?

2. With what example does George contradict Emil's statement that nothing can live alone?

3. What advantages do ducks have that Blue Herons do not?

4. What is George's account of the hunter who came across the ducks in the clearing?

5. What is the significance of George's story about the Giant Panda?

6. What was George reading about the balance of nature?

7. On what fact about ducks do the men disagree?

8. Why does Emil sometimes think the park is more trouble than it is worth?

9. What do the fat old Ancient Greeks and the birds of prey have in common?

10. According to Emil, what is happening to some fish near Australia?

(see the answer keys)

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