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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 17 Terra Incognita: Into the Maze.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Salty water cannot sustain human life because
(a) It shrinks the arteries
(b) It causes severe head pain
(c) It causes the body to become even more dehydrated
(d) It mixes with blood and makes it too salty

2. Edward Abbey is living in isolation,
(a) Fifty miles from the city
(b) Twenty miles from another human
(c) A hundred miles from his home
(d) Five miles from the ranger station

3. We learn that Abbey has a real dislike for
(a) Snakes
(b) Wind
(c) Red ants
(d) Rabbits

4. All creatures in the desert at this time of year
(a) Search for food in the late afternoon
(b) Eat whatever walks by
(c) Stay in the shade as much as possible
(d) Live near water

5. Edward attaches a red bandanna to a ridgepole in honor of
(a) Mothers' Day
(b) April Fools' Day
(c) May Day
(d) Spring Solstice

Short Answer Questions

1. The only stream that flows perennially through the park is

2. We learn that Abbey was raised

3. The physical comforts in his trailer include

4. After Moon-Eye rushed Abbey and ran fifty feet away, Abbey waited on him for

5. An arroyo seco is

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