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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 17, Oregon and Utah and Chapter 18, Manitoba.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the narrator go to see silphium?
(a) The graveyard.
(b) The riverbank.
(c) The field.
(d) The forest.

2. How many winters do the longest survivor of the narrator's banded chickadee group live?
(a) Five.
(b) Three.
(c) Two.
(d) Six.

3. Why does the narrator say he has to get off his neighbor's property?
(a) To avoid having to explain what he is doing.
(b) To avoid being caught for trespassing.
(c) So his neighbor can get to work.
(d) To get back to his house.

4. What is silphium?
(a) Grass.
(b) A weed.
(c) A flower.
(d) A tree.

5. What kind of grass do the cattle love to eat?
(a) Sagegrass.
(b) Bitterbrush.
(c) Downy chess.
(d) Wheatgrass.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many acres of land does the narrator legally own?

2. What is a good indicator of whether a farmer protects his corn crop from deer?

3. Why don't people ignore all these wild plants?

4. According to the narrator, about how many wild plants go into season every week from April to September?

5. According to the narrator, who are his tenants?

(see the answer key)

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