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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7 Cowboys and Indians.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Abbey describes the voice of the desert
(a) Moaning and crying
(b) Whirling and shrieking
(c) Rising to a demented howl
(d) Screaming through the cracks

2. A medicinal property of the buckbrush is that of
(a) Quinine
(b) Saponaria
(c) Disinfectant
(d) Mint

3. Quicksand is simply
(a) Pasty lava-type sand
(b) A mixture of soft sand and water
(c) Cold, chunky viscous sand
(d) Hot fine grained sand

4. Who comes out ahead in Abbey's story about Husk and Graham?
(a) Mr. Husk
(b) Billy-Joe
(c) Mr. Graham
(d) Mrs. Husk

5. Abbey is polemic about
(a) Killing off the wolves
(b) Birds of prey being destroyed
(c) Improving the space station
(d) Not distroying our national parks

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Roy Scobie need to round up his cattle?

2. The small cloud on Abbey's horizon is

3. The irony of Roy Scobie's death was that

4. Viviano does not understand

5. Visiting Moab on Wednesdays, Edward Abbey deduces that the men in the beer joints have been

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