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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The only stream that flows perennially through the park is
(a) A babbling creek behind his trailer
(b) Too salty to be potable
(c) Pepper Creek
(d) A rushing stream of snow melt

3. Water has not created the arches, but they are instead carved by
(a) Ice
(b) Wind
(c) Snow
(d) Sand

4. An arroyo seco is
(a) A mesa with a view
(b) A ramada
(c) A rushing river
(d) A dry stream bed

5. The locals in Moab's bars do not become violent, perhaps because
(a) The beer is weak
(b) They are good Mormons
(c) They are humbled by nature
(d) They are afraid of one another

6. Visiting Moab on Wednesdays, Edward Abbey deduces that the men in the beer joints have been
(a) Active and working alone all day
(b) Working as park rangers all day
(c) In town for most of the day
(d) Are poor miners

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

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

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

10. Edward Abbey lies like a snake on the edge of a dune to
(a) Feel the wind as a snake would
(b) Study the flowers like a snake
(c) To feel like a plant, himself
(d) To rest from the power of the wind

11. Abbey speculates that the mourning doves' call may be
(a) A mournful call to some other dimension
(b) A wish to make contact with the wolves
(c) A brooding meditation on space and solitude
(d) A warning that there is a human nearby

12. The prickly pear cactus and its blossom exemplifies the
(a) Unity of opposites
(b) The fierceness of the heat
(c) The wild rose
(d) Pain in nature

13. A medicinal property of the buckbrush is that of
(a) Saponaria
(b) Quinine
(c) Mint
(d) Disinfectant

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Edward attaches a red bandanna to a ridgepole in honor of

2. Viviano is infected by the poison of

3. The sounds of the mourning doves suggests to Edward

4. Why were the little calves terrified during the roundup?

5. The unexpected guests in Edward's new home include

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