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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12 Down the River.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Edward wants to stop attributing human qualities to nature, which is called
(a) Metamophization
(b) Anthropomorphism
(c) Personification
(d) Characterization

2. We learn that Abbey has a real dislike for
(a) Snakes
(b) Red ants
(c) Wind
(d) Rabbits

3. Edward Abbey filled his canteen in the Needles country
(a) Quickly and greedily
(b) From a salty spring
(c) One drop per second
(d) From the rushing Colorado

4. Onion Spring, northeast of Moab, is
(a) Slightly salty but good
(b) Full of gold
(c) Clear and drinkable
(d) Poison with arsenic

5. The small cloud on Abbey's horizon is
(a) Unemployment
(b) Progress
(c) Prostitutes
(d) Homebrew

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was the government interested in the Arches national park area?

2. To make it easier to maneuver the rubber raft, Abbey

3. The desert flowers in the month of May have

4. After Moon-Eye rushed Abbey and ran fifty feet away, Abbey waited on him for

5. Abbey is polemic about

(see the answer key)

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