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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 14 The Dead Man at Grandview Point.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Abbey's reaction to the man's manner of death is one of
(a) Anger for his carelessness
(b) Revulsion at the sight
(c) Congratulatory envy
(d) Fear of going the same way

2. When a person is in the desert long enough he learns to
(a) Know by the insect patterns where water is
(b) Follow animals to water
(c) Smell water
(d) Hear running water miles away

3. Abbey calls the rampant development of national parks
(a) Industrial Tourism
(b) Nationalism
(c) Reclamation
(d) Restitution

4. Natural springs that seep through canyon walls are
(a) Poisonous to drink
(b) Erosive and causes plant life to wash away
(c) Abundant and flowing
(d) Absorbed by thirsty plant life before reaching the canyon floor

5. The man who has initiated the search is the deceased man's
(a) Brother
(b) Father
(c) Cousin
(d) Nephew

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Abbey's friend from Cleveland think the desert would be a better place if it had water?

2. Thunderstorms come to the high desert in

3. The locals in Moab's bars do not become violent, perhaps because

4. Abbey says, after a million years of neglect,

5. Abbey is polemic about

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