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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3 The Serpents of Paradise.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Edward is able to hear, but not see
(a) Highway traffic
(b) Mice and rats
(c) Canyon wrens and mourning doves
(d) Distant hawks

2. Edward describes the colors of dawn in terms of
(a) Rainbow of pastels
(b) Primary colors of life's art
(c) Lavender, gold and rosey
(d) Gray, brown and tinny

3. Abbey describes the voice of the desert
(a) Screaming through the cracks
(b) Whirling and shrieking
(c) Moaning and crying
(d) Rising to a demented howl

4. Lloyd Pierson is
(a) A state policeman
(b) A government accountant
(c) An archaeologist
(d) A park superintendent

5. Edward Abbey is living in isolation,
(a) Five miles from the ranger station
(b) Twenty miles from another human
(c) Fifty miles from the city
(d) A hundred miles from his home

Short Answer Questions

1. Edward wants to stop attributing human qualities to nature, which is called

2. Abbey's complaint about a flashlight is that

3. A badge gives Edward Abbey the authority to

4. Abbey enjoys the playful antics of the

5. Edward Abbey's solution to preventing rattlesnakes is

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