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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 bird is only found only in the sand counties?
(a) The woodpecker.
(b) The jackpine.
(c) The golden duck.
(d) The clay colored sparrow.

2. What is on top of the White Mountain?
(a) A boneyard.
(b) Rocks.
(c) A meadow.
(d) A desert.

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

4. Chapter 14 begins with a bus ride through which state?
(a) Illinois.
(b) Idaho.
(c) Iowa.
(d) Wisconsin.

5. What sport does the narrator think is very corrupt?
(a) Fox hunting.
(b) Duck hunting.
(c) Deer hunting.
(d) Fishing.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the summer, the weather on White Mountain is unpredictable because of what?

2. The top of the White Mountain is originally only accessible to whom?

3. What kind of tree does the State College want the farmers to plant?

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

5. What plant is the biggest problem in the northwestern foothills?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why should a person never return to nature twice?

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

3. What is meant by invasive species?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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