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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the Eskimos do with the greens in their prey's stomach?
(a) eat them
(b) they never look in the stomach
(c) throw them in the ocean
(d) feed them to their dogs

2. When Dillard saw migrating Canadian geese fly, speeding across the duck pond, what did she think?
(a) that she should think about going south for the winter
(b) that it was time to get wood for the winter
(c) that she has never witnessed such energetic movement
(d) that she'd never seen so many large birds together

3. Why would Dillard say some trees are like body builders?
(a) some trees are capable of splitting and lifting boulders weighing more than a ton
(b) they can hold up a lot of weight
(c) they keep adding to their limbs,
(d) their body is so

4. What does Dillard find out about muskrats and humans?
(a) if a muskrat is aware of human's presence, it will not appear
(b) they both like water
(c) they're both nocturnal
(d) they eat the same foods

5. What does the author believe about the difference between abundant plant life and abundant insect life?
(a) plants would be more abundant without insects
(b) the proliferation of plant life, does not disturb humans the way an overabundance of insects do
(c) abundant insect life is healthier for the earth
(d) insects will always outnumber plants

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author think about the price of fish?

2. Dillard says if nature is not monstrous, then why does it appear that way to humans?

3. How does a young muskrat get fed?

4. When ancient Hebrews sacrificed an animal to their god, how did they use the horns?

5. What does the term the term "northing" mean?

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