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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. Abbey sees the value of wilderness, in a political sense, as
(a) A remote place for the govenrment to set up new programs
(b) A military mecca
(c) A base for resistance to central domination
(d) An escape from the city for industry workers

2. Edward Abbey lies like a snake on the edge of a dune to
(a) Study the flowers like a snake
(b) To feel like a plant, himself
(c) To rest from the power of the wind
(d) Feel the wind as a snake would

3. Under Abbey's ramada on a sunny day the temperature of 110 degrees is
(a) Hot enough for heastroke
(b) Comfortable and pleasant
(c) Hotter than inside the trailer
(d) Too hot to breathe

4. Abbey's complaint about a flashlight is that
(a) It creates an artificial sense of safety
(b) It isolates his image in the dark
(c) It separates a man from the world around him
(d) The light is such a small sphere

5. The natural wonder that Edward is able to see in his new location is
(a) Colorado Mesa
(b) Painted Desert
(c) Grand Canyon
(d) The Arches National Monument

Short Answer Questions

1. Water has not created the arches, but they are instead carved by

2. Some ancient pictographs in the rocks depict

3. Ten miles away past the highway, Abbey can see

4. Viviano does not understand

5. Edward Abbey filled his canteen in the Needles country

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