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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. Abbey is paid a visit by
(a) Rangers from the Forest Service
(b) Firemen from the nearby forest
(c) The local water delivery company
(d) Other Parks Service employees

2. In July, the surrounding mountains are almost
(a) Covered with snow
(b) Bare of snow
(c) Completely free of snow
(d) Invisible

3. A medicinal property of the buckbrush is that of
(a) Quinine
(b) Mint
(c) Saponaria
(d) Disinfectant

4. The sounds of the mourning doves suggests to Edward
(a) Their sadness over the isolation of the desert
(b) Their oneness with the other desert creatures
(c) An attempt to communicate with him
(d) An attempt to restore a lost communion

5. Viviano Jacquez' nationality is
(a) Basque
(b) Italian
(c) Swiss
(d) Mexican

Short Answer Questions

1. The locals in Moab's bars do not become violent, perhaps because

2. Quicksand is simply

3. An arroyo seco is

4. Abbey suggests that former cowboys, like Indians, may be

5. We learn that Abbey was raised

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