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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What animals do the grizzly bear eat in the spring?
(a) Lions.
(b) Chickens.
(c) Livestock.
(d) Deer.

2. What plant is the biggest problem in the northwestern foothills?
(a) Old alfalfa fields.
(b) Degrading hay.
(c) Cheat grass.
(d) Bunchgrass.

3. According to the narrator, what bird is particularly liked among people in Wisconsin?
(a) Duck.
(b) Crane.
(c) Grouse.
(d) Goose.

4. What bird is only found only in the sand counties?
(a) The golden duck.
(b) The jackpine.
(c) The clay colored sparrow.
(d) The woodpecker.

5. What river does the narrator talk about in Chapter 13?
(a) The Wisconsin River.
(b) The Flambeau.
(c) The Sasquehena.
(d) The Porterville.

6. The narrator believes that wildlife administrators are too busy figuring out what to shoot at rather than paying attention to what?
(a) The type of guns being used.
(b) What is happening to the wildlife.
(c) The cultural values of shooting.
(d) The false advertisments.

7. What sport does the narrator think is very corrupt?
(a) Fishing.
(b) Fox hunting.
(c) Duck hunting.
(d) Deer hunting.

8. According to the narrator in Chapter 17, what is accepted as a necessary evil in the northwestern foothills?
(a) Sagebrush.
(b) Roaming cattle.
(c) Cheat grass.
(d) Mosquitoes.

9. According to the narrator, what is the main weakness for conservation?
(a) The lack of economic importance.
(b) The lack of money.
(c) The lack of support.
(d) The lack of education.

10. In the summer, the weather on White Mountain is unpredictable because of what?
(a) Summer rain storms.
(b) Summer snow storms.
(c) Wind.
(d) Lightning.

11. Who does the narrator meet at the river in Chapter 13?
(a) A friend.
(b) A lost dog.
(c) Two college boys.
(d) Paul Bunyan.

12. How many values does the narrator say that people have when it comes to nature?
(a) One.
(b) Many.
(c) Three.
(d) Five.

13. According to the narrator, the land ethic changes the role of humans from conquerors to what?
(a) Healers.
(b) Students.
(c) Members of the biotic community.
(d) Teachers.

14. When too many people want the same trophies, what component of the trophy does this mass use problem decrease?
(a) The quality.
(b) The origin.
(c) The color.
(d) The style.

15. According to the narrator, who or what is responsible for the last of the grizzlies being shot?
(a) The federal government.
(b) Progress.
(c) The State Department of Fish and Game.
(d) Congressmen.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the narrator, the difficult part about finding a way to return to nature is to find a way to do this without destroying what?

2. What animal does the narrator kill first with his gun?

3. According to the narrator in Chapter 14, what is the purpose of the farms they are passing by?

4. Recreation is an economic resource of the government, but the narrator believes that it also has what kind of component to it?

5. What is cachinilla?

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