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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10 The Heat of Noon: Rock and Tree and Cloud.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. All creatures in the desert at this time of year
(a) Stay in the shade as much as possible
(b) Eat whatever walks by
(c) Live near water
(d) Search for food in the late afternoon

2. We learn that Abbey was raised
(a) In the backwoods of the Allegheny Mountains
(b) In the mountains of New Mexico
(c) In the foothillls of the Rocky Mountains
(d) In the Texas hill country

3. Hundreds of years ago, Anasazi hunters left behind
(a) Cave dwellings
(b) Flint arrowheads
(c) Animal hides
(d) Petroglyphs

4. The only stream that flows perennially through the park is
(a) Pepper Creek
(b) Too salty to be potable
(c) A rushing stream of snow melt
(d) A babbling creek behind his trailer

5. Abbey compares cultures of Indians and cowboys in that
(a) Both are reduced to providng a curiosity for tourists
(b) They continue to fight among themselves
(c) Both originated in the old West
(d) Both are thriving in the face of adversity

Short Answer Questions

1. Under Abbey's ramada on a sunny day the temperature of 110 degrees is

2. Wood is petrified by

3. The story of Husk, Graham and Billy-Joe is obviously

4. What were Husk and Graham hoping for?

5. West of the Mississippi, Abbey says the cult of "cowboyism" is growing as fast as

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