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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. What animal do the cured oak leaves feed?

2. The narrator says that the geese are making this journey since when?

3. What animal/bird does the plover follow?

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

5. What or who kills the oak tree?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the narrator trying to record when he goes out in the morning?

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

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

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

5. When hunting partridge with his dog, the narrator stops and listens for what?

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

7. How much land does the narrator say he owns?

8. Why is the narrator unsuccessful in transplanting silphium?

9. What does the narrator consider special about the woodcock?

10. What does the narrator believe are the three commandments of the chickadees?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Leopold writes that a measure of success is how easy our lives are, yet too much safety means danger in the long run. Discuss. What does he mean? Use at least one specific example from the book. How does this relate to his views on conservation? The land ethic?

Essay Topic 2

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.

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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