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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the narrator's view, wilderness is the raw material that man uses to create what?
(a) National Parks.
(b) Civilization.
(c) Frontier areas.
(d) Recreational areas.

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

3. 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) Animals.
(b) Soil.
(c) Nature.
(d) Plants.

4. Why does the dairy industry want to put a dam on the river?
(a) For electricity.
(b) For its use in dairy farming.
(c) For preservation.
(d) For recreation.

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

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

7. Who does the narrator meet at the river in Chapter 13?
(a) Paul Bunyan.
(b) Two college boys.
(c) A friend.
(d) A lost dog.

8. What plant is the biggest problem in the northwestern foothills?
(a) Old alfalfa fields.
(b) Cheat grass.
(c) Bunchgrass.
(d) Degrading hay.

9. When the narrator goes with his brother to the Colorado Delta, they camp on an estuary near the place where what bird roosts?
(a) Geese.
(b) Grouse.
(c) Ducks.
(d) Gambel quail.

10. When the bus passes through a cemetery, what plant does the narrator see?
(a) Pasque-flowers.
(b) Silphium.
(c) Draba.
(d) Puccoons.

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

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

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

14. According to the narrator, the land ethic changes the role of humans from conquerors to what?
(a) Teachers.
(b) Members of the biotic community.
(c) Students.
(d) Healers.

15. Wildlife managers try to raise game in the wild by what means?
(a) Manipulating the environment.
(b) Limiting the types of guns that are used.
(c) Limiting the amount of wildlife that are killed.
(d) Limiting the length of the hunting season.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is cachinilla?

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

3. What makes cheat grass inedible for the livestock?

4. When does the narrator buy a farm?

5. What kind of tree does the State College want the farmers to plant?

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