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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. What upsets Emil about Duck Season?
(a) It is only illegal to kill a duck when they have migrated away.
(b) He thinks it should last all year.
(c) It is disgraceful to kill a duck with a gun.
(d) He does not think ducks should be shot in the spring.

2. What did the hunter, according to George, think the ducks in the clearing were asking him?
(a) They were asking to be fed.
(b) They were asking to be taken to a farm.
(c) They were asking to be taken to a lake.
(d) They were asking to bum a smoke.

3. What disease does George claim has been discovered in ducks?
(a) The common cold.
(b) Lung cancer.
(c) Anorexia.
(d) Obesity.

4. What do they feel is the major difference between the two birds?
(a) There are different degrees of self-respect.
(b) They live on different continents.
(c) They are different sizes.
(d) They are in different color families.

5. What is the first thing the men spot on the water?
(a) They see a swan.
(b) They see a bicycle.
(c) They see a shark.
(d) They see a boat.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Emil think the duck lacks in his life?

2. In the North Country, what might the ducks see here and there?

3. While debating the importance of a zoo, George asks whether children should stay home and only know what about animals?

4. What has George read is wrong with the atmosphere?

5. How much land, according to George, is needed to hunt ducks?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do George and Emil support spending money on wildlife?

2. What other societies does George claim have been modeled after ducks?

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

4. What does George think differentiates a pigeon from a duck?

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

6. What point does Emil make about the wild Buffalo?

7. Why does George talk about symbiosis?

8. What has George read about the Stratosphere?

9. Where do Emil and George go to converse, and why?

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

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