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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15 Tukuhnikivats, the Island in the Desert.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Abbey often mentions tamarisks. A tamarisk is a
(a) Tree with pink plumes
(b) A lake in the canyon
(c) A wild animal related to the wolf
(d) A soaring, large-winged bird

3. We learn that Abbey was raised
(a) In the mountains of New Mexico
(b) In the backwoods of the Allegheny Mountains
(c) In the foothillls of the Rocky Mountains
(d) In the Texas hill country

4. Quicksand is simply
(a) Pasty lava-type sand
(b) A mixture of soft sand and water
(c) Cold, chunky viscous sand
(d) Hot fine grained sand

5. The Moab Valley in the distance lies between
(a) Mesas and low hills
(b) Glacial mountains
(c) Plateaus and bluffs
(d) Thousand-foot walls of rock

Short Answer Questions

1. The character Mackie is

2. When a person is in the desert long enough he learns to

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

4. Edward Abbey is living in isolation,

5. An arroyo seco is

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