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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. The narrator concludes that if there is a lone goose, it is caused by what?
(a) Animal involvement.
(b) Getting lost.
(c) Being left behind.
(d) Human involvement.

2. Where does the woodcock land after the dance?
(a) The top of a tree.
(b) The place where they hope to nest.
(c) The grass.
(d) The same spot that he start in.

3. When do people begin to settle in the prairie lands?
(a) 1860s.
(b) 1840s.
(c) 1810s.
(d) 1850s.

4. What kind of seedlings does the narrator describe?
(a) Oak.
(b) Corn.
(c) Fir.
(d) Evergreen.

5. How many miles do the geese travel?
(a) 400.
(b) 200.
(c) 100.
(d) 150.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who lives in the hollow oak trees?

2. According to the narrator, where do most people see silphium?

3. Getting up early is a vice of horned owls, stars, geese and what?

4. A person tells a lot about animals' feeding habits during a season by looking at what?

5. What does the narrator's dog do when the narrator misses a shot?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the narrator see his disease plagued woods as a blessing?

2. What can people learn from animal tracks?

3. What distinction does the narrator make between the muskrat and the geese?

4. Why do pines have the reputation of being green year round?

5. What conclusion does the narrator come to with respect to the lone goose?

6. What happens when the narrator cuts down the oak tree?

7. Why does the narrator say that most paintings become famous?

8. Why is the flora in the area shrinking?

9. What does the narrator consider special about the woodcock?

10. What two natural enemies do the plover and man have in common?

(see the answer keys)

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