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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. How much of the woods and mountains is already taken up by mechanized recreation?
(a) About 25%.
(b) About 75%.
(c) About 50%.
(d) About 90%.

2. What steers the course of history, according to scientists?
(a) Plant succession.
(b) Evolution.
(c) Power.
(d) Economics.

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

4. What animal does the narrator kill first with his gun?
(a) A duck.
(b) An icewart.
(c) A rabbit.
(d) A squirrel.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to the narrator, what bird is particularly liked among people in Wisconsin?

3. What river does the narrator talk about in Chapter 13?

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

5. The narrator feels that as everyone strives for safety, prosperity and comfort, life becomes what?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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