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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 riverbank.
(b) The forest.
(c) The field.
(d) The graveyard.

2. Pines grow better if they are around certain types of what?
(a) Animals.
(b) Birds.
(c) Bees.
(d) Plants.

3. What is a good indicator of whether a farmer protects his corn crop from deer?
(a) The number of other animals that are nearby.
(b) The presence or absence of coons.
(c) The height or length of the branches on trees.
(d) The size of the deer.

4. According to the narrator, who are his tenants?
(a) His family who lives there.
(b) The animals who live there.
(c) Those who rent his land.
(d) Those who visit him.

5. How long does it take silphium to mature?
(a) Probably five years.
(b) Probably a millenium.
(c) Probably a year.
(d) Probably a decade.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the narrator in Chapter 17, what is accepted as a necessary evil in the northwestern foothills?

2. What does the narrator hear when the sun comes up?

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

4. Why does the narrator say he has to get off his neighbor's property?

5. What is the one thing that the narrator believes really kills a chickadee?

(see the answer key)

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