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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Cows, Early February, March 13 Storm Warnings, March 14 Storm, March 14 After the Storm, March 16, Spring, March 20-21 First Tappers, March 23, March 25 Birch Seeds.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. "The Urgency of Spring" is the story of what?
(a) How plants and animals cannot wait for spring.
(b) How the woods is in need of spring's warmth.
(c) How the author is desperately in need of spring.
(d) How plants and animals reproduce and die.

2. When the deer looks at him, what does the author do?
(a) He stares at her.
(b) He calls to her.
(c) He drops an apple on her head.
(d) He runs.

3. How does the sample surprise the author?
(a) How dirty the water was.
(b) How much pollution accompanied those organisms.
(c) How much life is down there.
(d) How many dangerous organisms live there.

4. How does the author act with the townspeople?
(a) He jokes around with them.
(b) He ignores them.
(c) He is pleasant.
(d) He teases them.

5. When little mice first start to join the author in his cabin, he thinks they are ___________.
(a) Disgusting.
(b) Annoying.
(c) Scary.
(d) Cute.

Short Answer Questions

1. The author cooks mice for the students. How do they feel about eating mouse?

2. In "Burning Wood," the author writes that he is happy he has cut down so much wood, and it has given him a feeling of accomplishment. Nevertheless, what is he annoyed about?

3. The author observes a pair of swallows in a nest by his cabin and how quickly they move on with their lives when ____________.

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

5. When they first arrive at the cabin, who depends on the author for his food and his companionship?

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