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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Land.
(b) Governments.
(c) National parks.
(d) People.

2. According to the narrator, wilderness for recreation is extremely what?
(a) Useful.
(b) Overused.
(c) Menacing.
(d) Needed by people.

3. One type of outdoor recreation enthusiast is the kind that wanders in the woods searching for what?
(a) The "perfect place".
(b) The wilderness.
(c) Mushrooms.
(d) Rare plants and birds.

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

5. The narrator feels that as everyone strives for safety, prosperity and comfort, life becomes what?
(a) Exciting.
(b) Predictable.
(c) Easier.
(d) Dull.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the narrator sees the air hole, what does he decide to do?

2. The top of the White Mountain is originally only accessible to whom?

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

4. The narrator believes that conservation is the state of harmony between the land and what?

5. According to the narrator in Chapter 14, what is the purpose of the farms they are passing by?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the State Conservation Department buy back land along the Flambeau River?

2. According to the narrator, what is the one thing that cheat grass is good for?

3. Where is the history of the area of White Mountain recorded?

4. The narrator compares puccoons to what other plant and why?

5. How does peoples' ability to enjoy nature begin?

6. According to the narrator, what is the numenon and what is its opposite?

7. The narrator states that State College is more concerned with beauty and ease than with what?

8. Why does the State College want farmers to plant Chinese elms rather than cottonwoods?

9. What is the best way to manage national parks according to the narrator?

10. Why does the narrator say that nobody knows all the terrain on top of the White Mountain?

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