Silhouette of a wilderness ranger in the 1920s. (Courtesy of U.S. Forest Service)

So you think you're pretty knowledgeable about the Oregon outdoors, huh? Know your ash from alder, your atropa belladonna from solanum nigrum? Think you'd make a pretty good forest ranger, do you?



No matter how much you know today, you still may struggle with this forest ranger examination from 1925, recently unearthed by the folks at the U.S. Forest Service.



Stephen Baker, regional spokesman for the agency, posted the exam on social media after digging it up from a cache of files gathered to make new orientation training. While new rangers certainly need to be knowledgeable, modern requirements are nothing like this, he said.



The 80-question exam includes sections on fire, forestry, wood, lumbering, grazing, lands and general information – all to be completed within three hours.



Questions ask which plants have the best value for sheep, and which wood makes the most durable fence posts. Potential rangers are quizzed on how much sugar to carry into the mountains, how much feed to bring for horses, and how many straw bosses, cooks and water boys to hire for a fire crew.



"Some of the stuff we're still dealing with today, and some of things have changed quite a bit," Baker said. Still, "I would bet that a lot of our rangers know this stuff today."



How much do you know? You can take the original exam below, then find the answer key at the bottom. Just don't be too hard on yourself if you can't make the grade – you can still enjoy the Oregon outdoors without the knowledge of a 1920s-era forest ranger.

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