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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15 Tukuhnikivats, the Island in the Desert.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Abbey is convinced that horses are
(a) Gregarious beings
(b) Pack animals
(c) Meant to be broken
(d) Meant to be subdued

2. Abbey is polemic about
(a) Birds of prey being destroyed
(b) Killing off the wolves
(c) Improving the space station
(d) Not distroying our national parks

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

4. Abbey calls the rampant development of national parks
(a) Restitution
(b) Reclamation
(c) Nationalism
(d) Industrial Tourism

5. Abbey sees as a nuisance the presence in the desert of
(a) Foxes, wolves and bobcats
(b) Snakes, lizards and gophers
(c) Scorpions, tarantulas, centipedes and black widows
(d) Rodents such as rats, mice and squirrels

Short Answer Questions

1. Where once in the Arches Park there were only used newspapers to catch up on the news,

2. Abbey often mentions tamarisks. A tamarisk is a

3. Why did Abbey's friend from Cleveland think the desert would be a better place if it had water?

4. Edward Abbey filled his canteen in the Needles country

5. The cabin Abbey slept in appears to be

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