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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. Abbey often mentions tamarisks. A tamarisk is a
(a) A wild animal related to the wolf
(b) A soaring, large-winged bird
(c) Tree with pink plumes
(d) A lake in the canyon

2. Abbey's decision to take a shortcut in the Havasu Canyon
(a) Led to a near-death experience
(b) Led him to sleep in the wilderness
(c) Left him without water or food
(d) Made him realize he had gone too far

3. Edward Abbey's solution to preventing rattlesnakes is
(a) To feed them the mice in his trailer
(b) To capture and domesticate a gopher snake
(c) To shoot them with his British Webley .45
(d) To scare them away with his walking stick

4. Abbey uses a piece of hollow cane to create a
(a) Pipe for tobacco
(b) A new walking stick
(c) Siphon for getting water
(d) A digging tool

5. Abbey suggests that former cowboys, like Indians, may be
(a) Waiting for recognition by the mainstream
(b) Hoping for redemption
(c) Assimilating into American middle class
(d) Committing slow suicide

Short Answer Questions

1. The sounds of the mourning doves suggests to Edward

2. To make it easier to maneuver the rubber raft, Abbey

3. On his stomach, Abbey witnesses

4. Abbey's reference to the beavers building another dam is really about

5. Abbey wishes that the tourists would get out of their vehicles and

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