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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. When too many people want the same trophies, what component of the trophy does this mass use problem decrease?
(a) The origin.
(b) The style.
(c) The quality.
(d) The color.

2. The narrator feels that as everyone strives for safety, prosperity and comfort, life becomes what?
(a) Easier.
(b) Predictable.
(c) Dull.
(d) Exciting.

3. The narrator says that professors serve what?
(a) The environment.
(b) Their universities.
(c) Science.
(d) The wilderness.

4. According to the narrator, recreation becomes what kind of process?
(a) Mass use.
(b) Evolutionary.
(c) Self-destructive.
(d) Self-awareness.

5. To the superficial eye, the Gavilan region is hard, stony and full of what?
(a) Sand.
(b) Rocks.
(c) Trees.
(d) Cliffs and slopes.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the narrator, what are people not able to successfully control?

2. According to the narrator, what bird is particularly liked among people in Wisconsin?

3. What animals do the grizzly bear eat in the spring?

4. According to the narrator, too much safety in our lives means what in the long run?

5. Who does the narrator meet at the river in Chapter 13?

Short Essay Questions

1. The narrator says that he thinks getting rid of the wolves means more deer, but this isn't the case in the long run. Why?

2. Why does the narrator find that the sand farms aren't as poor as people think?

3. According to the narrator, what is the one thing that cheat grass is good for?

4. Where is the history of the area of White Mountain recorded?

5. Why does the State College want farmers to plant Chinese elms rather than cottonwoods?

6. The narrator states that State College is more concerned with beauty and ease than with what?

7. What is the best way to manage national parks according to the narrator?

8. What does the narrator state is the main premise for ethics and the environment?

9. What two ideas that are part of the split-rail value does the narrator say the pioneer period creates?

10. What are the three different values listed by the narrator that people have when it comes to nature?

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