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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. Blossoming near the shed behind Abbey's trailer is a dazzling
(a) Scarlet penstemon
(b) Skyrocket gilia
(c) Cliffrose
(d) Indian paintbrush

2. 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

3. Eating inside the trailer makes Abbey remember
(a) His mortal nature
(b) All he has left behind
(c) His childhood
(d) His parents

4. The heat of the desert makes objects appear
(a) As if they are invisible
(b) As if they are moving
(c) As if they are blurred and on fire
(d) As if they are covered in water

5. Abbey will be responsible for providing the campsites with
(a) Garbage receptacles
(b) Firewood
(c) Fireplaces
(d) Toilet paper

Short Answer Questions

1. To spend time outside the trailer, Abbey builds

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

3. Abbey is paid a visit by

4. Edward attaches a red bandanna to a ridgepole in honor of

5. The desert flowers in the month of May have

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