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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7 Cowboys and Indians.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On his stomach, Abbey witnesses
(a) The mating dance of two bull snakes
(b) The retreat of the snakes from his cabin
(c) A fight between two rattlesnakes
(d) The burrowing of two snakes

2. What is Abbey saying about the area in the Graham and Husk story?
(a) That a child was killed unnecesssarily
(b) That greed will kill people
(c) That not all men are equal
(d) That nature is far more powerful than man

3. The small cloud on Abbey's horizon is
(a) Homebrew
(b) Prostitutes
(c) Progress
(d) Unemployment

4. A badge gives Edward Abbey the authority to
(a) Carry a weapon
(b) Arrest malefactors and evildoers
(c) Arrest trespassers who hike out of bounds
(d) Imprison animals he thinks may be dangerous

5. Edward Abbey's garden is
(a) A vegetable garden behind the trailer
(b) A flower garden in front of the porch
(c) All that lies around him
(d) A stand of locoweed

Short Answer Questions

1. The prickly pear cactus and its blossom exemplifies the

2. Abbey's complaint about a flashlight is that

3. Why were the little calves terrified during the roundup?

4. Abbey says, after a million years of neglect,

5. When he sees a rattlesnake, Abbey reminds himself

(see the answer key)

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