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

2. In the middle of the day on the desert, most of the birds
(a) Are taking advantage of slow moving insects
(b) Are busy looking for water
(c) Are muted and inactive
(d) Huddling in groups for shade

3. Abbey describes the experience of noontime in the desert like
(a) A religious experience
(b) An occult fantasy
(c) A psychedelic drug experience
(d) A dark nightmare

4. The desert flowers in the month of May have
(a) Flourished and are thriving
(b) Finally blossomed
(c) Withered and gone to seed
(d) Been overwatered and are drowning

5. What reigns in the desert on this late-spring day is
(a) The tourists
(b) The sun
(c) The clean air
(d) The wind

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of tool can detect the presence of uranium?

2. Lloyd Pierson is

3. The government's attempt to transform Navajos to middle class Americans is called

4. Eating inside the trailer makes Abbey remember

5. What is Abbey saying about the area in the Graham and Husk story?

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