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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Emil think the old men of the Ancient Greeks were incapable of doing?
(a) Appreciating ducks.
(b) Hunting.
(c) Working.
(d) Drawing.

2. What do the rich, sleek birds of prey and fat old men have in common?
(a) They eat similar foods.
(b) They each have something to contribute.
(c) They are part of the same genus and species.
(d) They each have talons.

3. What disease does George claim has been discovered in ducks?
(a) Anorexia.
(b) The common cold.
(c) Lung cancer.
(d) Obesity.

4. What did Ancient Greek men used to feed ducks?
(a) Bread.
(b) Fruit.
(c) Meat.
(d) Rice.

5. What does George think separates men from boys?
(a) Waking up at dawn.
(b) Age sixteen.
(c) Marriage.
(d) Practicing.

6. Why is Emil sometimes hurt by going to the park?
(a) He is reminded of a friend's death.
(b) The park animals are wild and vicious.
(c) He is unsteady and trips on the stairs.
(d) The only place he has to go from the park is home.

7. Why couldn't the zoo keep the Giant Panda?
(a) It was too expensive to feed.
(b) The panda was determined to escape.
(c) The panda was on loan from another zoo.
(d) It was extremely aggressive.

8. George and Emil disagree that ducks can do what at birth?
(a) Follow their mothers.
(b) Run.
(c) Fly.
(d) Swim.

9. What does George claim thrives from living alone?
(a) Blue Herons.
(b) Mice.
(c) People.
(d) Cacti.

10. While trying to think of a specific type of duck at the zoo, what word does Emil mistakenly use?
(a) Ballard.
(b) Goose.
(c) Dodo.
(d) Cantaloupe.

11. What animal used to be at the other zoo, but died?
(a) A Giant Panda.
(b) A dodo.
(c) An elephant.
(d) A rhinoceros.

12. In the North Country, what might the ducks see here and there?
(a) A Polar Bear.
(b) A Frenchman.
(c) A Mountie.
(d) A Panda Bear.

13. Between what two birds do George and Emil feel there is no comparison?
(a) A duck and a pigeon.
(b) A pigeon and an eagle.
(c) A duck and a penguin.
(d) An eagle and a vulture.

14. According to George, what has been modeled off the social behaviors of animals?
(a) The ocean.
(b) Artwork.
(c) National Geographic.
(d) Human society.

15. How tall does George claim the pandas were?
(a) Six feet tall.
(b) Four stories tall.
(c) Three feet tall.
(d) Two stories tall.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what bodily function do the two compare the mystery of the ducks' purpose?

2. How much land, according to George, is needed to hunt ducks?

3. What do George and Emil think of life without friends?

4. According to George, life is what?

5. Where has George read about the balance of nature and major league sports?

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