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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through August 4 Wanderers, August 6 Late Summer Ramblings, August 9-13 Some Berries, August 14 Whispers of Fall, August 30, Early September, September 13, September 18, September 20 Clearcuts.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The birds start when it is still dark and the singing picks up with the increasing __________.
(a) Light.
(b) Sound.
(c) Darkness.
(d) Warmth.

2. In the section "Time," the author realizes that he has spent over _________ months in the cabin.
(a) Three.
(b) Five.
(c) Four.
(d) Two.

3. In "Beginnings," the author tells us that he has what kind of contact with the outside world?
(a) A walkie-talkie.
(b) A telephone in the neighbor's outhouse.
(c) A telephone in his bedroom.
(d) A cell phone.

4. During the author's run, what does he notice?
(a) The first apple leaves starting to fall.
(b) The leaves have begun to change color.
(c) Several deer in a field.
(d) Snow starting to fall.

5. What caused the animals in the region to change?
(a) The change in the landscape.
(b) The coming of man.
(c) The changing climate.
(d) The change in the food supply.

Short Answer Questions

1. In town the author meets _________________, who gives him some wood and fixes his chainsaw.

2. Giant piles of gravel, steep ridges, and ponds are all evidence of ___________.

3. What does Stuart win?

4. During his daily_______, the author sees a web of many tiny caterpillars all flashing together in unison from side to side.

5. When farming begins to spread farther west, the land reverts from farmland to ________.

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