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.

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

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