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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In Chapter 13, the narrator discusses the extinction of what?
(a) The crane.
(b) The draba.
(c) The passenger pigeon.
(d) The golden swallow.

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

4. According to the narrator, what are people not able to successfully control?
(a) The health of the land.
(b) The growth of invasive species.
(c) Diseases.
(d) Fires.

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

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

7. 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) Ducks.
(c) Gambel quail.
(d) Grouse.

8. What kind of grass do the cattle love to eat?
(a) Sagegrass.
(b) Bitterbrush.
(c) Downy chess.
(d) Wheatgrass.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is on top of the White Mountain?

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

3. Why is the narrator given his first shotgun at an early age?

4. According to the narrator, when he kills his first wolf what does he see in its eyes?

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

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