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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. When does the narrator leave his house with a notebook and coffee?

2. When do the plover go back to Argentina?

3. How long do birch trees usually live?

4. Who bathes in the the pools of the painting?

5. The narrator says that the geese are good at what?

Short Essay Questions

1. With regards to hunting partridges, the narrator says that he and his dog have what kind of relationship?

2. How does the meadow mouse live in the winter?

3. Why does the narrator say that November is the month of the axe?

4. What happens when the narrator cuts down the oak tree?

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

6. Where do tamaracks grow?

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

8. The narrator says that the migratory habits of the upland plover proves that nature knows what?

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

10. Why does the narrator consider the oak tree special?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the biotic pyramid. What is it? How does it work? How does it relate to the land ethic? How does it relate to the balance of nature view?

Essay Topic 2

Leopold uses specific plants and animals. Give at least five examples of specific plants and animals. Describe them and how he uses them. Explain why he uses them and not others.

Essay Topic 3

Leopold writes that he is the "sole owner of all the acres [he] walks over". Discuss. What does he mean? What is the context within the book? Does he mean this literally? How does this relate to his view of land?

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