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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7, July.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Plovers are smart enough to avoid what?
(a) Owls.
(b) Hawks.
(c) Hay mowers.
(d) Drainage ditches.

2. According to the introduction, the first twelve chapters of the book generally are a description of what?
(a) Family.
(b) Nature.
(c) The author's theories.
(d) The author's travels.

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

4. The narrator says that the geese are making this journey since when?
(a) The 1800s.
(b) The Pleistocene era.
(c) The 1200s.
(d) The Ice Age.

5. What do people follow, since there is so little going on in nature in January?
(a) Plant growth.
(b) Bird migrations.
(c) Animal tracks.
(d) Bird nestings.

Short Answer Questions

1. What saves the plovers?

2. For how long does the faithful oak tree provide wood for the narrator's family?

3. The woodcock begins its overture with throaty chirps that are spaced how far apart?

4. What is one thing that nobody knows about the woodcock and the dance?

5. The narrator talks about the geese's inevitable flight to where?

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