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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The natural wonder that Edward is able to see in his new location is
(a) Painted Desert
(b) The Arches National Monument
(c) Colorado Mesa
(d) Grand Canyon

2. A civil engineer believes a road will help
(a) To accommodate more tourists
(b) To make it easier to get to Moab
(c) To get deeper into the wilderness
(d) To develop the property for homes

3. Abbey will be allowed to drive the government truck
(a) Twice a month to inspect the Arches
(b) Once a week to the Yellow Cat Badlands
(c) Once a month out into the desert for exploration
(d) Once a week to headquarters and Moab

4. The Moab Valley in the distance lies between
(a) Plateaus and bluffs
(b) Thousand-foot walls of rock
(c) Mesas and low hills
(d) Glacial mountains

5. Abbey calls the rampant development of national parks
(a) Reclamation
(b) Nationalism
(c) Industrial Tourism
(d) Restitution

6. Quicksand is simply
(a) Cold, chunky viscous sand
(b) A mixture of soft sand and water
(c) Pasty lava-type sand
(d) Hot fine grained sand

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

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

9. Mr. Bates complains to Edward about
(a) The long distances he travels
(b) The head ranger
(c) Administrative paperwork
(d) The lonliness of their jobs

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

11. What were Husk and Graham hoping for?
(a) A new wife
(b) A natural life for the boy
(c) Riches through uranium
(d) A nature experience

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

13. The gopher snakes watch over Abbey like
(a) Totemic deities
(b) Predators watching their prey
(c) Enemies waiting to strike
(d) Voyeurs, watching his activities

14. Roy Scobie is known for being frugal with
(a) Water
(b) Time
(c) Wives
(d) Food

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Abbey's complaint about a flashlight is that

2. Edward Abbey's solution to preventing rattlesnakes is

3. Edward Abbey's garden is

4. What does Abbey feel is lost with the looting of the forests' natural treasures?

5. The difference between Navajos and other poverty-stricken cultures is

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