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

2. What plant is the biggest problem in the northwestern foothills?
(a) Old alfalfa fields.
(b) Cheat grass.
(c) Bunchgrass.
(d) Degrading hay.

3. According to the narrator, today the honey-colored hills of the northwest mountains are covered with what?
(a) Bunchgrass.
(b) Old alfalfa fields.
(c) Cheat grass.
(d) Degrading hay.

4. What animals do the grizzly bear eat in the spring?
(a) Chickens.
(b) Deer.
(c) Lions.
(d) Livestock.

5. To the superficial eye, the Gavilan region is hard, stony and full of what?
(a) Sand.
(b) Rocks.
(c) Cliffs and slopes.
(d) Trees.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the narrator's view, wilderness is the raw material that man uses to create what?

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

3. In Chapter 14, what are the grandfather and grandson cutting down?

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

5. The narrator states that the level of violence on the land is directly related to what?

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. Why are public policies involved with outdoor recreation controversial?

4. What is meant by invasive species?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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