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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12 Down the River.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. A man is shouting from the shore to Abbey and Newcomb about
(a) Something private to Abbey and Newcomb
(b) Something important to Abbey and Newcomb
(c) How boaters are not allowed
(d) Something the reader never learns

2. Edward Abbey is employed by the
(a) Moab County Parks Service
(b) Utah State Parks
(c) US Forest Service
(d) National Parks Service

3. The difference between Navajos and other poverty-stricken cultures is
(a) They must report their medical services to the government
(b) They are overseen by the BIA
(c) Their population growth is monitored by the state
(d) They are inadequate by national standards

4. April mornings in the desert are
(a) Stormy
(b) Very windy
(c) Cold, windy and dusty
(d) Bright, clear and calm

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Indian artifacts in the national forest are

2. Edward Abbey filled his canteen in the Needles country

3. Abbey calls the rampant development of national parks

4. Visiting Moab on Wednesdays, Edward Abbey deduces that the men in the beer joints have been

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

(see the answer key)

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