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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is one of the main birds that makes the marshland its home, as the marshes are moving northward to Canada?
(a) The spotted warbler.
(b) The grouse.
(c) The sandwort.
(d) The grebe.

2. What makes cheat grass inedible for the livestock?
(a) Prickly awns.
(b) Thick leaves.
(c) Thorns.
(d) Hard stem.

3. How many values does the narrator say that people have when it comes to nature?
(a) One.
(b) Many.
(c) Five.
(d) Three.

4. What does the bus pass through, after it passes State College?
(a) Forest.
(b) Marsh area.
(c) More farmland.
(d) Chicago.

5. The narrator feels that as everyone strives for safety, prosperity and comfort, life becomes what?
(a) Easier.
(b) Predictable.
(c) Dull.
(d) Exciting.

6. According to the narrator, today the honey-colored hills of the northwest mountains are covered with what?
(a) Degrading hay.
(b) Bunchgrass.
(c) Old alfalfa fields.
(d) Cheat grass.

7. One type of outdoor recreation enthusiast is the kind that wanders in the woods searching for what?
(a) The "perfect place".
(b) Mushrooms.
(c) The wilderness.
(d) Rare plants and birds.

8. What animals are National Parks not able to protect?
(a) Owls.
(b) Migrating birds.
(c) Field mice.
(d) Larger carnivores.

9. Who does the the state send to kill the bear?
(a) None of these.
(b) A bounty hunter.
(c) A state trooper.
(d) A government trapper.

10. What bird is only found only in the sand counties?
(a) The golden duck.
(b) The clay colored sparrow.
(c) The woodpecker.
(d) The jackpine.

11. When does the State Conservation Department begin to rebuild the river?
(a) 1943.
(b) 1945.
(c) 1940.
(d) 1947.

12. The narrator believes that conservation is the state of harmony between the land and what?
(a) Man.
(b) Plants.
(c) Nature.
(d) Animals.

13. What does the narrator call wildlife tourism?
(a) The what to do department.
(b) The where to go department.
(c) The wildlife management department.
(d) The nature department.

14. The narrator likens the hunter in the Sierra Madres to what?
(a) Bears.
(b) Soldiers.
(c) Monkeys.
(d) Conquistadors.

15. According to the narrator in Chapter 14, what is the purpose of the farms they are passing by?
(a) To preserve a way of life.
(b) To make money.
(c) To grow food.
(d) To preserve the land.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the narrator finds the air hole in the frozen lake, what animal does he know comes?

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

3. Who does the narrator think is the only one who listens to the wolf's howl objectively?

4. Why is the narrator given his first shotgun at an early age?

5. What steers the course of history, according to scientists?

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