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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. The narrator believes that conservation is the state of harmony between the land and what?
(a) Nature.
(b) Man.
(c) Animals.
(d) Plants.

2. According to the narrator, what is the main weakness for conservation?
(a) The lack of education.
(b) The lack of economic importance.
(c) The lack of support.
(d) The lack of money.

3. When does the State Conservation Department begin to rebuild the river?
(a) 1940.
(b) 1945.
(c) 1947.
(d) 1943.

4. According to the narrator in Chapter 17, what is accepted as a necessary evil in the northwestern foothills?
(a) Sagebrush.
(b) Mosquitoes.
(c) Cheat grass.
(d) Roaming cattle.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What flower does the narrator describe as blooming in the sand?

2. Why does the state start to get rid of wolves?

3. When too many people want the same trophies, what component of the trophy does this mass use problem decrease?

4. When the bus passes through a cemetery, what plant does the narrator see?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is meant by invasive species?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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