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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the narrator sees the air hole, what does he decide to do?
(a) Wait.
(b) Leave.
(c) Try to fish.
(d) Make it bigger.

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

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

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

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

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

7. 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) The federal government.
(c) Progress.
(d) Congressmen.

8. Chapter 14 begins with a bus ride through which state?
(a) Wisconsin.
(b) Idaho.
(c) Illinois.
(d) Iowa.

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

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

11. According to the narrator, how many different components of the recreational process are there?
(a) Five.
(b) Six.
(c) Two.
(d) Three.

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

13. The narrator believes that the conservation movement is the first step to acknowledging that there is an ecological necessity to establish a code of ethics for the environment and what?
(a) People.
(b) Governments.
(c) National parks.
(d) Land.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When too many people want the same trophies, what component of the trophy does this mass use problem decrease?

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

3. The narrator says that professors serve what?

4. According to the narrator, too much safety in our lives means what in the long run?

5. What river does the narrator talk about in Chapter 13?

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