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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What animals do the grizzly bear eat in the spring?
(a) Lions.
(b) Deer.
(c) Chickens.
(d) Livestock.

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

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

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

5. According to the narrator, what bird is particularly liked among people in Wisconsin?
(a) Crane.
(b) Duck.
(c) Grouse.
(d) Goose.

6. According to the narrator, what is sportsmanship aimed at getting rid of?
(a) Gadgets.
(b) Decoys.
(c) Bullets that kill many animals at once.
(d) Guns.

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

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

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

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

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

12. According to the narrator in Chapter 14, what is the purpose of the farms they are passing by?
(a) To preserve a way of life.
(b) To preserve the land.
(c) To grow food.
(d) To make money.

13. What is one of the main birds that makes the marshland its home, as the marshes are moving northward to Canada?
(a) The sandwort.
(b) The spotted warbler.
(c) The grebe.
(d) The grouse.

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

15. When too many people want the same trophies, what component of the trophy does this mass use problem decrease?
(a) The origin.
(b) The quality.
(c) The style.
(d) The color.

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator believes that wildlife administrators are too busy figuring out what to shoot at rather than paying attention to what?

2. What animal does the narrator kill first with his gun?

3. What is another area of Wisconsin that the narrator has a deep love for?

4. When does the State Conservation Department begin to rebuild the river?

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

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