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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of Conway and Valarie's mutual friend?
(a) Herb.
(b) Hank.
(c) Harry.
(d) Henry.

2. What items were spread across the desk when Gilbert sat talking to Conway?
(a) Paperwork.
(b) Empty coffee cups.
(c) Land maps.
(d) Fossils.

3. The author refers to the American man as being part stereotype, part ______________.
(a) Desire.
(b) Foolishness.
(c) Imagination.
(d) Myth.

4. When Conway was not at school he spent his time acting as which of the following _________________.
(a) Activist.
(b) Tour guide.
(c) Assistant curator.
(d) Ranch hand.

5. Conway traveled to which country to scale its cliffs?
(a) New Zealand.
(b) Tasmania.
(c) South Africa.
(d) Austrailia.

Short Answer Questions

1. In which city did the author meet the brothers?

2. It is true that Crockett and Boone were both considered to be __________________.

3. How old was Conway when he became a naturalist?

4. Conway compares which of the following to brilliant music?

5. What was present in that location that could have severely injured the children?

Short Essay Questions

1. Gilbert states that Conway's childhood gave him the courage and ambition to take on which activities?

2. To which famous frontiersman is Conway compared? Where would this person be found?

3. Discuss the juxtaposition of Conway's appearance and lifestyle.

4. What are Conway's memories of his first trips into the woods as a child? What did Conway's parents teach him?

5. How does Gilbert compare the American man to the European man?

6. What influence did Karen Conway have over the reconciliation of Little Eustace and Big Eustace?

7. What aspect of Turtle Island Preserve was most difficult for Conway?

8. Gilbert compares Conway to Davy Crockett and Daniel Boone. What is the comparison?

9. What activities did Conway take part in before and during his college career?

10. What one thing stood in the way of the realization of Conway's vision? How did Conway solve the problem?

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