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

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

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

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

5. According to the narrator in Chapter 17, what is accepted as a necessary evil in the northwestern foothills?
(a) Cheat grass.
(b) Roaming cattle.
(c) Mosquitoes.
(d) Sagebrush.

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator likens the hunter in the Sierra Madres to what?

2. When the narrator finds the air hole in the frozen lake, what animal does he know comes?

3. Wildlife managers try to raise game in the wild by what means?

4. What does the bus pass through, after it passes State College?

5. What does the narrator call wildlife tourism?

Short Essay Questions

1. According to the narrator, what are two problems that humans face with regards to the wilderness?

2. What two ideas that are part of the split-rail value does the narrator say the pioneer period creates?

3. What are the three different values listed by the narrator that people have when it comes to nature?

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

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

6. According to the narrator, what do people need to do who are a part of recreational development?

7. What does the narrator state is the main premise for ethics and the environment?

8. The narrator says that he thinks getting rid of the wolves means more deer, but this isn't the case in the long run. Why?

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

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

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