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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is another area of Wisconsin that the narrator has a deep love for?
(a) The sand counties.
(b) The lakes.
(c) The cities.
(d) The mountains.

2. What is cachinilla?
(a) A bird.
(b) An animal.
(c) A drink.
(d) A shrub.

3. The narrator states that the level of violence on the land is directly related to what?
(a) Population density.
(b) The native plants.
(c) The native animals.
(d) The health of the land.

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

5. What flower does the narrator describe as blooming in the sand?
(a) The hydrangea.
(b) The dustwort.
(c) The draba.
(d) All of the above.

6. Why does the state start to get rid of wolves?
(a) Because they cause so many problems.
(b) To allow farmers to raise chickens.
(c) To permit hikers to use the mountains.
(d) To optimize hunting.

7. According to the narrator, recreation becomes what kind of process?
(a) Mass use.
(b) Self-destructive.
(c) Self-awareness.
(d) Evolutionary.

8. When does the narrator kill his first partridge?
(a) In his third hunting season.
(b) In his fourth hunting season.
(c) In his first hunting season.
(d) In his second hunting season.

9. What kind of grass do the cattle love to eat?
(a) Wheatgrass.
(b) Sagegrass.
(c) Bitterbrush.
(d) Downy chess.

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

11. What governmental district does the bus pass through?
(a) Green River Soil Conservation District.
(b) Iowa County Conservation District.
(c) Red River Soil Conservation District.
(d) State Conservation District.

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

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

14. What river does the narrator talk about in Chapter 13?
(a) The Sasquehena.
(b) The Wisconsin River.
(c) The Flambeau.
(d) The Porterville.

15. The narrator believes that wildlife administrators are too busy figuring out what to shoot at rather than paying attention to what?
(a) The cultural values of shooting.
(b) The type of guns being used.
(c) The false advertisments.
(d) What is happening to the wildlife.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to the narrator, what bird is particularly liked among people in Wisconsin?

3. Chapter 14 begins with a bus ride through which state?

4. Who does the narrator meet at the river in Chapter 13?

5. How many values does the narrator say that people have when it comes to nature?

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