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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Abbey's complaint about a flashlight is that
(a) It creates an artificial sense of safety
(b) It isolates his image in the dark
(c) It separates a man from the world around him
(d) The light is such a small sphere

2. Abbey describes the views from his trailer as
(a) Somewhat frightening
(b) Cold and stark
(c) Open and perfect
(d) Cozy and protected

3. Edward is able to hear, but not see
(a) Highway traffic
(b) Canyon wrens and mourning doves
(c) Distant hawks
(d) Mice and rats

4. What kind of tool can detect the presence of uranium?
(a) A Vanadium sensor
(b) A mining meter
(c) A radiation detector
(d) A Geiger counter

5. A badge gives Edward Abbey the authority to
(a) Arrest trespassers who hike out of bounds
(b) Carry a weapon
(c) Arrest malefactors and evildoers
(d) Imprison animals he thinks may be dangerous

6. Wood is petrified by
(a) Pressure from cold springs
(b) Hot silica-bearing waters
(c) Salt springs erosion
(d) Quicksand

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

8. Roy Scobie is a rancher obsessed with
(a) His cattle
(b) His own death
(c) His ranch hands
(d) His ranch

9. 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

10. The irony of Roy Scobie's death was that
(a) He was carefree about life
(b) He fell off of a horse like he expected
(c) What he feared the most actually took place
(d) His death was harder than he had feared

11. To spend time outside the trailer, Abbey builds
(a) A hut
(b) A ramada
(c) A patio
(d) A deck

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

13. When a person is in the desert long enough he learns to
(a) Smell water
(b) Follow animals to water
(c) Hear running water miles away
(d) Know by the insect patterns where water is

14. 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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Salty water cannot sustain human life because

2. Onion Spring, northeast of Moab, is

3. Quicksand is simply

4. Abbey wonders if a man could get used to

5. Mr. Bates complains to Edward about

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