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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. When does the narrator kill his first partridge?
(a) In his fourth hunting season.
(b) In his third hunting season.
(c) In his second hunting season.
(d) In his first hunting season.

2. According to the narrator, the difficult part about finding a way to return to nature is to find a way to do this without destroying what?
(a) Nature.
(b) Plants.
(c) Soil.
(d) Animals.

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

4. What is cachinilla?
(a) A drink.
(b) An animal.
(c) A shrub.
(d) A bird.

5. In Chapter 14, what are the grandfather and grandson cutting down?
(a) Cottonwood tree.
(b) Pine tree.
(c) Chinese elm tree.
(d) Oak tree.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to the narrator, today the honey-colored hills of the northwest mountains are covered with what?

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. According to the narrator, too much safety in our lives means what in the long run?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why does the narrator find that the sand farms aren't as poor as people think?

5. 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?

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

7. What are the conditions that the narrator's father set when he gives the narrator permission to shoot partridges?

8. How does the narrator believe conservation is taught?

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

10. What does the narrator consider to be part of the tragedy of the extinction of the passenger pigeon?

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