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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. Who did Hill compare the Chairman to?

2. In "The Trapshooter's Code," what did Hill say could vastly change the conditions of trapshooting?

3. In "Our World Without Shotguns," what did Hill say he would personally not have without the invention of the shotgun?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Hill say he loved his "Equipment Time"?

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

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

5. What did Hill say Jake had no patience for?

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

7. What was "Once a Salmon Sang to Me" about?

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

9. In "Observations and Insights," where did Hill say the biggest fish could always be found?

10. What did Hill say The Idler fantasized about?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What was the significance of the title of the book, and what role did it play in that article?

Essay Topic 2

Hill tried to be an objective observer of nature. How did this objectivity affect his writing?

Essay Topic 3

How did Hill use irony in his articles, and how did the inclusion of these ironies change the tone of the stories?

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