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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Vernon Pick managed to sufficiently purify his water by
(a) Running water through sand before drinking
(b) Pouring water through thick brush before drinking
(c) Turning his canteen into a charcoal filter
(d) Filtering the water through gravel

2. The reason for the growth of Indian population in the southwest is due to
(a) Medical science
(b) Stronger morals
(c) Pediatricians
(d) Vitamin supplements

3. Abbey is adamant about the Navajos' inability to adapt to
(a) New age dancing
(b) The reservation
(c) The American middle class
(d) The highway system

4. Abbey will be responsible for providing the campsites with
(a) Toilet paper
(b) Garbage receptacles
(c) Firewood
(d) Fireplaces

5. The loveliest, and sweet as a pretty girl, in Abbey's opinion, is
(a) Hedgehog cactus
(b) Cliff rose
(c) Globemallow
(d) Prickly pear

6. We learn that Abbey was raised
(a) In the backwoods of the Allegheny Mountains
(b) In the mountains of New Mexico
(c) In the Texas hill country
(d) In the foothillls of the Rocky Mountains

7. Indian artifacts in the national forest are
(a) Protected by law
(b) Abundant
(c) Causing litter and debris
(d) Free for the picking

8. The physical comforts in his trailer include
(a) Running water
(b) Cable TV
(c) Garbage disposal
(d) Gas fireplace

9. Besides money, a reason for developing the parks is
(a) To allow closer inspection of nature
(b) The cities are growing rapidly
(c) To explore the minerals and ores in the ground
(d) To accommodate a burgeoning population

10. The government survey crew came with plans to
(a) Construct additional campsites
(b) Rebuild the ranger station
(c) Build a new winter resort
(d) Lay out a new road into the Arches

11. The yucca plant is pollinated by
(a) A bee
(b) A moth
(c) A hummingbird
(d) A butterfly

12. What does Abbey feel is lost with the looting of the forests' natural treasures?
(a) Human delight
(b) Homes for wildlife
(c) A sense of prosperity
(d) Protection from erosion

13. Abbey says, after a million years of neglect,
(a) People have taken all the animals from the wilderness
(b) The Park has worn down to nothing
(c) Progress has come to the Arches
(d) The sandstone arches have dissolved

14. Delicate Arch has been eroded by
(a) Machinery working around the Arch
(b) Human feet climbing the Arch
(c) Rain pounding the Arch
(d) Animals inhabiting the Arch

15. Viviano does not understand
(a) Dumb Baskos
(b) American clock time
(c) Cattle ranching
(d) Business

Short Answer Questions

1. Edward Abbey's solution to preventing rattlesnakes is

2. Salty water cannot sustain human life because

3. The Moab Valley in the distance lies between

4. Abbey had no fear of drowning in the Havasupai Canyon floor's stream because

5. The locals in Moab's bars do not become violent, perhaps because

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