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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. Why does the state start to get rid of wolves?

2. The narrator believes that wildlife administrators are too busy figuring out what to shoot at rather than paying attention to what?

3. To the superficial eye, the Gavilan region is hard, stony and full of what?

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

5. What sport does the narrator think is very corrupt?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the conditions that the narrator's father set when he gives the narrator permission to shoot partridges?

2. How does the narrator believe conservation is taught?

3. According to the narrator, what do people need to do who are a part of recreational development?

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

5. Why should a person never return to nature twice?

6. According to the narrator, what is the numenon and what is its opposite?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss invasive species. What are they? How do they develop? Give specific examples. How do they relate to the Leopold's views on conservation? The land ethic? Does Leopold consider them harmful? Helpful? A combination?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Leopold's view of hunting. Include both duck hunting and fox hunting in your discussion. What does he mean by a corrupt sport? How does this relate to his views on conservation? The land ethic?

Essay Topic 3

Leopold states that the evolution of a land ethic is both emotional and intellectual. Discuss. What does he mean? What is the relative importance of each?

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