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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where once in the Arches Park there were only used newspapers to catch up on the news,
(a) There is a local newscaster at the station
(b) There is a movie theatre
(c) There are now televisions in recreational vehicles
(d) There is a computerized subway

2. The sounds of the mourning doves suggests to Edward
(a) An attempt to restore a lost communion
(b) Their sadness over the isolation of the desert
(c) An attempt to communicate with him
(d) Their oneness with the other desert creatures

3. Why did Roy Scobie need to round up his cattle?
(a) To get them to a cooler, higher altitude
(b) To prepare them for slaughter
(c) They have depeleted their pasture of food
(d) To get a grazing permit

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

5. Abbey is paid a visit by
(a) Rangers from the Forest Service
(b) Firemen from the nearby forest
(c) The local water delivery company
(d) Other Parks Service employees

6. Abbey had no fear of drowning in the Havasupai Canyon floor's stream because
(a) He intended to drink it all
(b) It was only a mirage
(c) It was only ankle deep
(d) It was salty and made him bouyant

7. April mornings in the desert are
(a) Stormy
(b) Cold, windy and dusty
(c) Bright, clear and calm
(d) Very windy

8. Onion Spring, northeast of Moab, is
(a) Slightly salty but good
(b) Full of gold
(c) Clear and drinkable
(d) Poison with arsenic

9. Edward Abbey's description of a thunderstorm in the desert is
(a) Peaceful and calming
(b) A Zen experience
(c) A humorous event
(d) Dramatic and violent

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

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

12. Edward's part thought in this chapter is that
(a) All living things on earth are kindred
(b) Animals have no emotions
(c) Women have souls
(d) Only dogs have emotions

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

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

15. West of the Mississippi, Abbey says the cult of "cowboyism" is growing as fast as
(a) The disappearance of cattle herding
(b) The local Indian reservations
(c) The counter culture
(d) The population of buffalo

Short Answer Questions

1. The prickly pear cactus and its blossom exemplifies the

2. Abbey enjoys the playful antics of the

3. Viviano is infected by the poison of

4. Abbey is polemic about

5. Abbey's complaint about a flashlight is that

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