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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. To make it easier to maneuver the rubber raft, Abbey
(a) Leans back against the stern seats
(b) Ties his boat to Newcomb's
(c) Keeps one hand outside the boat
(d) Gets hold of a second paddle

2. Roy Scobie is a rancher obsessed with
(a) His ranch
(b) His own death
(c) His ranch hands
(d) His cattle

3. Abbey describes the experience of noontime in the desert like
(a) An occult fantasy
(b) A dark nightmare
(c) A religious experience
(d) A psychedelic drug experience

4. Viviano is infected by the poison of
(a) Prejudice
(b) Black Widows
(c) Fear
(d) Rattlesnakes

5. Ten miles away past the highway, Abbey can see
(a) Salt Creek Mesa
(b) The Arches Mesa
(c) Dead Horse Mesa
(d) Mesa of Moab

Short Answer Questions

1. Edward is able to hear, but not see

2. In late summer the quietness, or somnolence of the desert leaves Abbey feeling

3. Abbey and Newcomb are in denial about the

4. Any cow found without a brand

5. Hundreds of years ago, Anasazi hunters left behind

(see the answer key)

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