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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 governmental district does the bus pass through?

2. What is on top of the White Mountain?

3. According to the narrator, who or what is responsible for the last of the grizzlies being shot?

4. When does the narrator buy a farm?

5. The narrator likens the hunter in the Sierra Madres to what?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is meant by invasive species?

3. Why does the narrator say that nobody knows all the terrain on top of the White Mountain?

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

5. According to the narrator, what is the one thing that cheat grass is good for?

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

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

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

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

10. Why should a person never return to nature twice?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Discuss Leopold's view of hunting. Include both duck hunting and fox hunting in your discussion. What does he mean by a corrupt sport? How does this relate to his views on conservation? The land ethic?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the role of governmental policies and regulations with respect to wildlife and wilderness. Are the policies consistent? What interests do they mean to protect - wildlife or people? Or does it depend on the circumstances? What are Leopold's views? Use the migratory birds and grizzly bears as examples.

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