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

2. Edward Abbey filled his canteen in the Needles country
(a) Quickly and greedily
(b) One drop per second
(c) From the rushing Colorado
(d) From a salty spring

3. Abbey describes the views from his trailer as
(a) Cozy and protected
(b) Open and perfect
(c) Somewhat frightening
(d) Cold and stark

4. Edward's part thought in this chapter is that
(a) All living things on earth are kindred
(b) Women have souls
(c) Animals have no emotions
(d) Only dogs have emotions

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In the middle of the day on the desert, most of the birds

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

4. Vernon Pick managed to sufficiently purify his water by

5. Delicate Arch has been eroded by

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