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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 flower does the narrator describe as blooming in the sand?

2. What animals are National Parks not able to protect?

3. 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?

4. According to the narrator, how many different components of the recreational process are there?

5. What kind of tree does the State College want the farmers to plant?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. The narrator states that State College is more concerned with beauty and ease than with what?

5. How does peoples' ability to enjoy nature begin?

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

7. What is meant by invasive species?

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

9. What are the conditions that the narrator's father set when he gives the narrator permission to shoot partridges?

10. What is the best way to manage national parks according to the narrator?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

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

Discuss invasive species. What are they? How do they develop? Give specific examples. How do they relate to the Leopold's views on conservation? The land ethic? Does Leopold consider them harmful? Helpful? A combination?

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