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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do plovers nest?

2. How do animals generally move during this time in January?

3. How many of the fish that the narrator catches are record breakers in size?

4. What is one thing that nobody knows about the woodcock and the dance?

5. Where does the upland plover spend the winter?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where do tamaracks grow?

2. What is the most basic principle of ecology according to the narrator?

3. What can people learn from animal tracks?

4. The narrator says that the migratory habits of the upland plover proves that nature knows what?

5. Where does the skunk trail go and what is the narrator's conclusion?

6. What distinction does the narrator make between the muskrat and the geese?

7. What are red lanterns and what are they used for?

8. What do people learn by banding birds?

9. To what does the narrator ascribe his likes and dislikes in plants?

10. Who or what is the third enemy of the plover?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Leopold writes that what people involve in recreational development of the wilderness needs to build receptivity into peoples' minds and make them want to protect nature and appreciate it, without the roads that damage it. Discuss. What does he mean? How does this relate to his views on conservation? The land ethic?

Essay Topic 2

Leopold uses specific plants and animals. Give at least five examples of specific plants and animals. Describe them and how he uses them. Explain why he uses them and not others.

Essay Topic 3

There are numerous examples of anthropomorphism in the book. Explain what this term means. Give at least five examples of how the author uses it. Discuss why he uses this technique.

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