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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 19, Conservation Esthetic.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the narrator go fishing?
(a) Alder Fork.
(b) Prairie Stream.
(c) Sand County River.
(d) Sand County Creek.

2. What do people follow, since there is so little going on in nature in January?
(a) Bird nestings.
(b) Animal tracks.
(c) Bird migrations.
(d) Plant growth.

3. Why does the chickadee come by when a person is out chopping trees?
(a) To get food.
(b) To investigate the noise.
(c) It senses danger.
(d) It likes people.

4. The narrator says that November is the month of the what?
(a) The shovel.
(b) The axe.
(c) The tractor.
(d) The wind.

5. What is the main argument of this book?
(a) Land ethic.
(b) Rebuilding.
(c) Social conscience.
(d) Reparation.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the narrator in Chapter 17, what is accepted as a necessary evil in the northwestern foothills?

2. What tree does the narrator write about in April?

3. According to the narrator, today the honey-colored hills of the northwest mountains are covered with what?

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

5. What river does the narrator talk about in Chapter 13?

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