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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. What is Abbey saying about the area in the Graham and Husk story?
(a) That a child was killed unnecesssarily
(b) That not all men are equal
(c) That nature is far more powerful than man
(d) That greed will kill people

2. Visiting Moab on Wednesdays, Edward Abbey deduces that the men in the beer joints have been
(a) Working as park rangers all day
(b) Active and working alone all day
(c) In town for most of the day
(d) Are poor miners

3. Abbey decides to climb Tukuhnikivats
(a) By himself
(b) With his camping partner
(c) In his pickup
(d) With his horse

4. Beyond the timberline Abbey observes
(a) Gathering stom clouds
(b) Heavy snow
(c) The pine forest
(d) The alpenglow

5. Blossoming near the shed behind Abbey's trailer is a dazzling
(a) Scarlet penstemon
(b) Indian paintbrush
(c) Cliffrose
(d) Skyrocket gilia

Short Answer Questions

1. The only sign of human life Abbey and Waterman see in the maze is

2. The irony of Roy Scobie's death was that

3. Edward's part thought in this chapter is that

4. Abbey often mentions tamarisks. A tamarisk is a

5. Edward Abbey lies like a snake on the edge of a dune to

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