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

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

3. What does George claim thrives from living alone?
(a) Blue Herons.
(b) People.
(c) Cacti.
(d) Mice.

4. At a hunting, what is the first sign of an approaching duck?
(a) Its scent on the wind.
(b) Locusts.
(c) Feathers.
(d) Honking.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. What concerns Emil about ducks' safety in the wild?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What do George and Emil worry about for a duck in flight?

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

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

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

5. Why does George talk about symbiosis?

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

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

8. What does Emil predict with happen in the future with disposing of leaves?

9. What cycle must the lead duck go through?

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

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