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What is being described as 'dormant for three months or more' in the text?

The foot of ice
The snow-covered plain
The marmots in the surrounding hills
The pickerel fish (correct)

Where do men come with fishing-reels and lunch early in the morning?

To the quiet parlor of fishes
To the hills
To the shore with oak leaves
To the snow-covered plain (correct)

In the text, who is described as sitting on dry oak leaves on the shore for lunch?

Wild men (correct)
Naturalists
Fisher-men
Townsmen

What does the naturalist do with his knife in the text?

Raises moss and bark gently in search of insects (B) Signup and view all the answers

What is mentioned as being swallows in the text?

Pickerel swallows perch (D) Signup and view all the answers

How does the fisherman get worms for bait in midwinter?

Collects them from rotten logs since the ground froze (C) Signup and view all the answers

What does the narrator awaken to?

Nature and daylight (C) Signup and view all the answers

What does Nature do in relation to the questions asked by mortals?

Nature ignores the questions (D) Signup and view all the answers

What task does the narrator mention doing after awakening?

Searching for water with an axe and pail (C) Signup and view all the answers

How does the text describe the pond after a cold and snowy night?

Frozen solid under a thick layer of snow (B) Signup and view all the answers

What does the narrator say is needed to find water after a cold snowy night?

A divining–rod (C) Signup and view all the answers

How does the narrator describe the snow covering the pond?

As indistinguishable from any level field (C) Signup and view all the answers