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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 the narrator goes with his brother to the Colorado Delta, they camp on an estuary near the place where what bird roosts?

2. According to the narrator, what are people not able to successfully control?

3. What is cachinilla?

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

5. According to the narrator, what is the main weakness for conservation?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. Why does the State Conservation Department buy back land along the Flambeau River?

8. The narrator says that he thinks getting rid of the wolves means more deer, but this isn't the case in the long run. Why?

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

10. What are the three different values listed by the narrator that people have when it comes to nature?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the structure of the book. What are the three major sections of the book? Describe each section briefly. Why do you think the book is divided in this manner? What purpose does this serve for the reader?

Essay Topic 3

Leopold writes "The life of every river sings its own song". Discuss. What does he mean? How does it relate to the land ethic?

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