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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. The narrator says that different hunts have different what?

2. Who does the narrator say is the first animal to awaken in January?

3. What saves the plovers?

4. Why doesn't the woodcock dance in the brush or grass?

5. What do people follow, since there is so little going on in nature in January?

Short Essay Questions

1. What can people learn from animal tracks?

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

3. The narrator says that the only thing people hope for with respect to this painting is what?

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

5. When the narrator sees two woodcocks sky dance, what does he not know about them?

6. How does the bur oak survive the prairie fires?

7. Why does a person not return for a second viewing of the "painting" that the author likes to view?

8. Why does the narrator like the time when it floods?

9. What does the narrator call a real gift in his woods?

10. What is the main argument of this book?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Leopold describes his travels to some specific areas. Choose one of these. Describe the area that is involved and what the environment is. Why does Leopold include this specific area? How does this relate to his land ethic?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Leopold's view of land health. What is his concept of land? What does he mean by land health? What are the competing views of land health amongst conservation scientists? Do we achieve land health? How?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Leopold's view of the "gadget industry", tourism, and the advertising industries, with respect to wildlife and the wilderness. What roles do each play? How do they interact with nature? With each other? Give examples from the book.

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