A Sand County Almanac: Introductory Quiz

Who awakens from hibernation in January?

• The Bear

• The Skunk

• The Owl

• The Snake

What does the author spend most of January doing?

• following a skunk trail
• watching hawks

• eating bread

• talking to rabbits

Aldo Leopold and Stanley Temple were both professors at the University of Wisconsin-Madison

• True

• False

Summarize in modern language what Aldo Leopold said in this statement.

Aldo Leopold died before this book was in print in 1949. Therefore, he most likely died in this year:

• 1920

• 1948

• 1960

• 2023

Where was Stanley Temple a professor?

What is one danger Leopold says there is in not owning a farm? (pg. 6 - 7)

• One supposes that heat comes from the furnance

• One does not know the cow

• One may suppose that groceries are not real

• One supposes that food will last forever

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CCSS.RI.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.W.9-10.9

What does Leopold ponder as he saws? (pg. 6 - 19)

• What's for lunch

• Fish

• The local history of forestry, over harvesting, and conservation efforts

• Squrriels

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CCSS.RI.9-10.1

CCSS.RI.9-10.2

CCSS.RI.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

What three tools are requisite to good oak, and to good history? (pg. 18 - 19).

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CCSS.RI.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1