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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. In "No, I Have Not Thanked a Green Plant Today--I've Been Busy," who was Hill berating?

2. What marked Jake's grave?

3. In "Time . . . And This Place," what did hunters in 1980 have to pay for lots of?

4. In "Waterfowling," what did Hill say all good hunters had?

5. In "Lost," Hill said he would prefer to get lost rather than what?

Short Essay Questions

1. In "The Unseen Egg," how did Hill say hunting and fishing differed from most other sports?

2. In "Losing Things," what did Hill say made it impossible to find things?

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

4. According to Hill, how did The Dreamer treat a fishing trip?

5. What did Hill defend himself for, in "The Trapshooter's Code"?

6. What was a Low Rod according to Hill?

7. In "Letter to an Angler," what did Hill say fishing was about?

8. In "Our World Without Shotguns," what did Hill say would not exist without shotguns?

9. In "Wanted: Ten-Year-Old," why did Hill say ten year old boys were better than teenage boys?

10. What was "Some Other Time" about?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What kind of payment did Hill get for his writing, and what did this indicate about his character? Why do you think this detail was significant enough for the author to include it in some of these narratives?

Essay Topic 2

Who was Martha, and what significance did she have to Hill's life?

Essay Topic 3

Friendship is a strong theme throughout the book. Where are some places that this theme appears, and how do the characters touched by it react? How do certain friendships change over the course of Hill's life, and what causes these changes?

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