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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 21, Wilderness.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the upland plover spend the winter?
(a) Argentina.
(b) Canada.
(c) The South Pole.
(d) Central America.

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

3. The narrator says that professors serve what?
(a) Science.
(b) Their universities.
(c) The wilderness.
(d) The environment.

4. Where does the meadow mouse live in the winter?
(a) In tunnels in the snow.
(b) In tunnels in the ground.
(c) In tree trunks.
(d) Under buildings.

5. The narrator likens the hunter in the Sierra Madres to what?
(a) Monkeys.
(b) Soldiers.
(c) Bears.
(d) Conquistadors.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the bus passes through a cemetery, what plant does the narrator see?

2. When do the plover go back to Argentina?

3. What saves the plovers?

4. Where is the best place to place a trap for a chickadee?

5. What animal is playing on the green turf in the painting?

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