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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What steers the course of history, according to scientists?
(a) Evolution.
(b) Power.
(c) Economics.
(d) Plant succession.

2. According to the narrator, the difficult part about finding a way to return to nature is to find a way to do this without destroying what?
(a) Plants.
(b) Soil.
(c) Animals.
(d) Nature.

3. What are the fastest shrinking wilderness areas?
(a) Prairies.
(b) Grasslands.
(c) Forests.
(d) Coastlines.

4. In the summer, the weather on White Mountain is unpredictable because of what?
(a) Summer rain storms.
(b) Summer snow storms.
(c) Wind.
(d) Lightning.

5. Why is the narrator given his first shotgun at an early age?
(a) To shoot rabbits.
(b) To shoot squirrels.
(c) To shoot ducks.
(d) To learn how to shoot.

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

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

8. What sport does the narrator think is very corrupt?
(a) Duck hunting.
(b) Fishing.
(c) Fox hunting.
(d) Deer hunting.

9. In Chapter 14, what are the grandfather and grandson cutting down?
(a) Cottonwood tree.
(b) Oak tree.
(c) Pine tree.
(d) Chinese elm tree.

10. What is the numeon of the Sierra Madre?
(a) The geese.
(b) The thick-billed parrot.
(c) The grouse.
(d) The bobcat.

11. The narrator discusses the travel of what through time?
(a) A bird.
(b) An atom.
(c) A tree.
(d) An annimal.

12. The top of the White Mountain is originally only accessible to whom?
(a) Hikers.
(b) Horsemen.
(c) Farmers.
(d) Animals.

13. According to the narrator, who or what is responsible for the last of the grizzlies being shot?
(a) The federal government.
(b) Congressmen.
(c) The State Department of Fish and Game.
(d) Progress.

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

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What forms a lake in Wisconsin that is half as long as the state itself?

3. Why does the dairy industry want to put a dam on the river?

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

5. According to the narrator, wilderness for recreation is extremely what?

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