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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The narrator says that professors serve what?
(a) Science.
(b) The environment.
(c) The wilderness.
(d) Their universities.

3. Who does the narrator think is the only one who listens to the wolf's howl objectively?
(a) The farmer.
(b) The White Mountain.
(c) The deer.
(d) The hunter.

4. Recreation is an economic resource of the government, but the narrator believes that it also has what kind of component to it?
(a) Esthetic.
(b) Ethical.
(c) Ecological.
(d) Evolutionary.

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

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

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

8. What is on top of the White Mountain?
(a) Rocks.
(b) A boneyard.
(c) A desert.
(d) A meadow.

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

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

11. According to the narrator, what is the main weakness for conservation?
(a) The lack of support.
(b) The lack of money.
(c) The lack of economic importance.
(d) The lack of education.

12. 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.

13. When the narrator finds the air hole in the frozen lake, what animal does he know comes?
(a) A deer.
(b) A duck.
(c) A rabbit.
(d) Fish.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Chapter 13, the narrator discusses the extinction of what?

3. How much of the woods and mountains is already taken up by mechanized recreation?

4. When does the narrator buy a farm?

5. What plant is the biggest problem in the northwestern foothills?

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