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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. The top of the White Mountain is originally only accessible to whom?
(a) Hikers.
(b) Farmers.
(c) Animals.
(d) Horsemen.
2. According to the narrator in Chapter 14, what is the purpose of the farms they are passing by?
(a) To make money.
(b) To preserve a way of life.
(c) To preserve the land.
(d) To grow food.
3. According to the narrator, what is the main weakness for conservation?
(a) The lack of money.
(b) The lack of support.
(c) The lack of education.
(d) The lack of economic importance.
4. Recreation is an economic resource of the government, but the narrator believes that it also has what kind of component to it?
(a) Evolutionary.
(b) Ecological.
(c) Ethical.
(d) Esthetic.
5. How much of the woods and mountains is already taken up by mechanized recreation?
(a) About 90%.
(b) About 50%.
(c) About 75%.
(d) About 25%.
Short Answer Questions
1. According to the narrator, when he kills his first wolf what does he see in its eyes?
2. The narrator feels that as everyone strives for safety, prosperity and comfort, life becomes what?
3. What flower does the narrator describe as blooming in the sand?
4. When does the State Conservation Department begin to rebuild the river?
5. According to the narrator, what is sportsmanship aimed at getting rid of?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does the narrator say that nobody knows all the terrain on top of the White Mountain?
2. What is meant by invasive species?
3. 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?
4. What are the conditions that the narrator's father set when he gives the narrator permission to shoot partridges?
5. What does the narrator consider to be part of the tragedy of the extinction of the passenger pigeon?
6. How does peoples' ability to enjoy nature begin?
7. According to the narrator, why do people not go to Escudillo?
8. According to the narrator, what is the one thing that cheat grass is good for?
9. The narrator compares puccoons to what other plant and why?
10. Why should a person never return to nature twice?
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