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

2. How much land, according to George, is needed to hunt ducks?
(a) At least twenty acres.
(b) At least a mile.
(c) At least ten miles.
(d) At least fifty yards.

3. What is a blatter?
(a) An organ in the body.
(b) A type of duck.
(c) A tool used for calling ducks.
(d) A phrase that means talkative.

4. Being a loner in the world is not George's what?
(a) Tune to whistle.
(b) Destiny.
(c) Ball of wax.
(d) Bag of tea.

5. While debating the importance of a zoo, George asks whether children should stay home and only know what about animals?
(a) Scratching dogs' bellies.
(b) Television programs.
(c) Guppies eating their young.
(d) Chicken dinners.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Emil think the duck lacks in his life?

2. Where is the duck after being shot?

3. How long does Emil say man has watched birds?

4. What other groups of animals fly, though not in the same category as birds?

5. When planes come down from the sky, what condition are they in?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do George and Emil worry about for a duck in flight?

2. Why do George and Emil support spending money on wildlife?

3. On what fact about ducks do the men disagree?

4. What advantages do ducks have that Blue Herons do not?

5. What is George's account of the hunter who came across the ducks in the clearing?

6. Why does Emil sometimes think the park is more trouble than it is worth?

7. According to George, what does a duck wish for on his deathbed?

8. What has George read about the Stratosphere?

9. What do George and Emil think about hunting ducks and stuffing them?

10. How does George, in contradiction with some of his other statements, describe the simple life of a duck?

(see the answer keys)

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