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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. What does Abbey feel is lost with the looting of the forests' natural treasures?
(a) Homes for wildlife
(b) A sense of prosperity
(c) Human delight
(d) Protection from erosion

2. Much of the fauna growing near Abbey's trailer is
(a) Sage and juniper
(b) Weeds and reeds
(c) Pines and firs
(d) Cactus and briars

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

4. Delicate Arch has been eroded by
(a) Machinery working around the Arch
(b) Rain pounding the Arch
(c) Animals inhabiting the Arch
(d) Human feet climbing the Arch

5. Geodes are prevalent in these areas. They are
(a) Crumbling mounds of sand and dust
(b) A form of zircon
(c) Egg-shaped rock containing quartz crystals
(d) Sharp-edged rock for arrow heads

Short Answer Questions

1. Abbey compares cultures of Indians and cowboys in that

2. Wood is petrified by

3. A badge gives Edward Abbey the authority to

4. "Apache Tears" are actually

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

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