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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. What were Husk and Graham hoping for?
(a) A natural life for the boy
(b) A nature experience
(c) A new wife
(d) Riches through uranium

2. When a person is in the desert long enough he learns to
(a) Hear running water miles away
(b) Follow animals to water
(c) Know by the insect patterns where water is
(d) Smell water

3. Edward attaches a red bandanna to a ridgepole in honor of
(a) May Day
(b) Spring Solstice
(c) April Fools' Day
(d) Mothers' Day

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

5. Moon Eye, the wild horse, has been living alone for
(a) A year
(b) Fifteen years
(c) Six months
(d) Ten years

Short Answer Questions

1. The meaning of Abbey's words, "claritas, integritas, veritas" can be found in this quote:

2. What is the one clue we have that the lawyer who approached Mrs. Husk was representing the government?

3. Natural springs that seep through canyon walls are

4. Abbey often mentions tamarisks. A tamarisk is a

5. Besides money, a reason for developing the parks is

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