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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the tree in "The Gentle Giant of Time" a symbol of?

2. In "Waterfowling," what was Hill attacking?

3. In "What Makes a Hunter?," what was being hunted?

4. In "Unpacking Some Memories of Africa," what kind of animals did Hill see?

5. In "Duck Hunters' Wives," how did the ideal wife get such a good complexion?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was a Low Rod according to Hill?

2. In "No, I Have Not Thanked a Green Plant Today--I've Been Busy," what kind of argument did Hill say he wanted to use?

3. In "Too Many Leaders," why did Hill say he was glad to not be a celebrity sportsman?

4. In "Lost", why would Hill not ask for directions when he needed them?

5. What did Hill list in "I Wish I Had" ?

6. How did Hill describe Martha, in "Duck Hunters' Wives"?

7. In "It's Not Just Fishing, It's Fate," what awed Hill about fishing?

8. In "What Makes a Hunter?," what made a hunter successful?

9. In "The Gentle Giant of Time," how did Hill prefer to chop down the dead limb and why?

10. In "Wanted: Ten-Year-Old," why did Hill want to spend time with a young boy?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Where did Hill use personification in his articles, and how were those articles different from the other articles in the collection?

Essay Topic 2

What role does symbolism play in these articles and where does it appear? How was the author's tone altered by the presence of these symbols?

Essay Topic 3

Who was the chairman, and why was this analogy used by Hill?

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