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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. According to the narrator, where do most people see silphium?
(a) In the prairies.
(b) In areas near riverbanks.
(c) In areas near graveyards.
(d) In a botany book.

2. What tree does the narrator have a bias towards?
(a) Pine.
(b) Willow.
(c) Oak.
(d) Birch.

3. Why does the narrator love the aspen?
(a) It grows tall.
(b) It has lovely colors.
(c) It provides food for his grouse.
(d) It has beautiful leaves.

4. How long does the narrator wait to cut the oak tree down?
(a) A few days.
(b) A month.
(c) Several years.
(d) A few weeks.

5. When does the woodcock begins his show every year?
(a) The first warm evening in April.
(b) The full moon in April.
(c) After the first rain in April.
(d) One evening in April.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the narrator like the hazel?

2. How many of the fish that the narrator catches are record breakers in size?

3. How does the painting, that the narrator describes in August, begin?

4. Where do the animals go when they are pushed out of their home by the floods?

5. In 1937, the narrator bands how many chickadees?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the meadow mouse live in the winter?

2. Why does the narrator consider the oak tree special?

3. Where does the skunk trail go and what is the narrator's conclusion?

4. Why is the flora in the area shrinking?

5. What is the most basic principle of ecology according to the narrator?

6. How does the bur oak survive the prairie fires?

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

8. To what does the narrator ascribe his likes and dislikes in plants?

9. When hunting partridge with his dog, the narrator stops and listens for what?

10. Who or what is the third enemy of the plover?

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