Desert Solitaire Test | Final Test - Easy

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 134 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Desert Solitaire Test | Final Test - Easy

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 134 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In July, the surrounding mountains are almost
(a) Invisible
(b) Bare of snow
(c) Covered with snow
(d) Completely free of snow

2. Edward Abbey and Johnny try to
(a) Console each other over the man's death
(b) Retrace the man's activities before he died
(c) Drag the man up to the coroner's vehicle
(d) Find vultures circling

3. Beyond the timberline Abbey observes
(a) The alpenglow
(b) The pine forest
(c) Gathering stom clouds
(d) Heavy snow

4. The Havsupai are by nature
(a) Malicious and suspicious
(b) Judgmental
(c) Cheerful and easygoing
(d) Lazy and dirty

5. Abbey is wistful about leaving behind
(a) His government pickup
(b) His job
(c) His cozy trailer
(d) This valley of paradox

6. The German who befriended Abbey was, in Abbey's opinion,
(a) A typical, common Nazi
(b) A crazy Bavarian
(c) A naieve German
(d) A Zionist

7. In the middle of the day on the desert, most of the birds
(a) Huddling in groups for shade
(b) Are busy looking for water
(c) Are muted and inactive
(d) Are taking advantage of slow moving insects

8. All creatures in the desert at this time of year
(a) Search for food in the late afternoon
(b) Eat whatever walks by
(c) Stay in the shade as much as possible
(d) Live near water

9. Moon-Eye rejected humans when he was subjected to
(a) A violent beating
(b) Being ridden too long
(c) Human food
(d) Having to go all day without water

10. A man is shouting from the shore to Abbey and Newcomb about
(a) Something important to Abbey and Newcomb
(b) Something the reader never learns
(c) How boaters are not allowed
(d) Something private to Abbey and Newcomb

11. Abbey has been promised by a Mormon woman that he
(a) Will finally come around to her way of praying
(b) Will be saved as a Mormon
(c) Will go to heaven with her
(d) Will always be an atheist

12. Abbey studies the Colorado's tributaries on
(a) A geological map of the Grand Canyon
(b) A topigraphical map of the US
(c) A globe
(d) A road map of Utah

13. Abbey is convinced that horses are
(a) Meant to be subdued
(b) Gregarious beings
(c) Meant to be broken
(d) Pack animals

14. The desert flowers in the month of May have
(a) Withered and gone to seed
(b) Flourished and are thriving
(c) Finally blossomed
(d) Been overwatered and are drowning

15. Abbey sees the value of wilderness, in a political sense, as
(a) A remote place for the govenrment to set up new programs
(b) An escape from the city for industry workers
(c) A base for resistance to central domination
(d) A military mecca

Short Answer Questions

1. What reigns in the desert on this late-spring day is

2. To make it easier to maneuver the rubber raft, Abbey

3. Moon-Eye's temperament was due to

4. Floating through the rapids leaves the two boaters

5. The difference between the desert and other geographic areas is its

(see the answer keys)

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