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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 is on top of the White Mountain?

2. What bird is only found only in the sand counties?

3. What is the numeon of the Sierra Madre?

4. When does the narrator buy a farm?

5. What does the bus pass through, after it passes State College?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the State College want farmers to plant Chinese elms rather than cottonwoods?

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

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

4. Why does the State Conservation Department buy back land along the Flambeau River?

5. Where is the history of the area of White Mountain recorded?

6. According to the narrator, what are two problems that humans face with regards to the wilderness?

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

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

9. What is meant by invasive species?

10. What does the narrator state is the main premise for ethics and the environment?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Leopold's view of wildlife in American culture. What are the three different values that people have when it comes to nature? Which are most important and why? What roles do wildlife managers and administrators play?

Essay Topic 2

Leopold states that the evolution of a land ethic is both emotional and intellectual. Discuss. What does he mean? What is the relative importance of each?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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