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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. According to the narrator, too much safety in our lives means what in the long run?
(a) Danger.
(b) Loss of excitement.
(c) More predictability.
(d) Less prosperity.

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 length of the hunting season.
(c) Limiting the amount of wildlife that are killed.
(d) Manipulating the environment.

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

4. According to the narrator, who or what is responsible for the last of the grizzlies being shot?
(a) Progress.
(b) Congressmen.
(c) The federal government.
(d) The State Department of Fish and Game.

5. Why is the narrator given his first shotgun at an early age?
(a) To shoot ducks.
(b) To learn how to shoot.
(c) To shoot squirrels.
(d) To shoot rabbits.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the narrator, what is sportsmanship aimed at getting rid of?

2. What bird is only found only in the sand counties?

3. What is on top of the White Mountain?

4. One type of outdoor recreation enthusiast is the kind that wanders in the woods searching for what?

5. What steers the course of history, according to scientists?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. According to the narrator, why do people not go to Escudillo?

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

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

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

6. Why are public policies involved with outdoor recreation controversial?

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

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

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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