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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. Under Abbey's ramada on a sunny day the temperature of 110 degrees is
(a) Comfortable and pleasant
(b) Hot enough for heastroke
(c) Too hot to breathe
(d) Hotter than inside the trailer

2. Abbey will be allowed to drive the government truck
(a) Once a month out into the desert for exploration
(b) Twice a month to inspect the Arches
(c) Once a week to headquarters and Moab
(d) Once a week to the Yellow Cat Badlands

3. The government's attempt to transform Navajos to middle class Americans is called
(a) Adjustment
(b) Prejudice
(c) Elitism
(d) Assimilation

4. The meaning of Abbey's words, "claritas, integritas, veritas" can be found in this quote:
(a) I am here...to confront, immediately and directly if it's possible, the bare bones of existence
(b) Paradox and bedrock.
(c) ...the desert reveals itself nakedly and cruelly, with no meaning but its own existnece
(d) To meet God or Medusa face to face, even if it means risking everything human in myself

5. The clarity of the desert is illustrated in the desert's flora and fauna
(a) The lack of life
(b) The heat and rock
(c) The danger in the plant forms
(d) The uncrowded openness

Short Answer Questions

1. Geodes are prevalent in these areas. They are

2. The desert winds of May have

3. Much of the fauna growing near Abbey's trailer is

4. Lloyd Pierson is

5. Who comes out ahead in Abbey's story about Husk and Graham?

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