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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Abbey and Newcomb are in denial about the
(a) The friendship they have formed
(b) Their thirst
(c) Completion of the dam
(d) The end of their trip

2. When Abbey finally confronts Moon-Eye, he is
(a) Gentle and kind to the horse
(b) In a hurry to get him in a rope
(c) Angry and frustrated
(d) Overly friendly and suspicious

3. On his trip to capture Moon-Eye, Abbey ate his lunch in the shade of
(a) His horse's belly
(b) A sage bush
(c) Hanging poison ivy
(d) A large juniper

4. Abbey suggests to Waterman that, perhaps, like a German poet, we humans
(a) Become more concerned with the naming than the things named
(b) Are unchangeable
(c) Become lost in our thoughts
(d) Do not exist without names

5. Why does the sign instructing skiers to ski in a clockwise direction irk Edward Abbey?
(a) It is industrial tourism at its finest
(b) It is one more indication of freedom lost to government control
(c) He feels people should ski in both directions
(d) He wishes people would ski only on the snow

6. Abbey tries to convince Moon-Eye to come with by telling him a story about
(a) How he will die and be eaten
(b) How he will get the others and come for him
(c) His own childhood
(d) His pet horse back in Albuquerque

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

8. Abbey feels the only real paradise is
(a) The fantasy of skiing in unison
(b) The mythical Garden of Eden
(c) The here and now, and the real earth
(d) Moab, Utah

9. Moon-Eye's temperament was due to
(a) Bad genes from his mother
(b) Inflammation of one of his eyes
(c) Having been lost for so long
(d) Having been separated from his mother as a colt

10. When Abbey gets a call to help with a search, he assumes
(a) The missing man has died
(b) The man has drowned
(c) The group is over-reacting
(d) The missing man has hitched a ride out

11. The heat of the desert makes objects appear
(a) As if they are blurred and on fire
(b) As if they are covered in water
(c) As if they are moving
(d) As if they are invisible

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

13. After Moon-Eye rushed Abbey and ran fifty feet away, Abbey waited on him for
(a) A full hour
(b) The rest of the afternoon
(c) Through the entire evening
(d) A few minutes longer

14. In late summer the quietness, or somnolence of the desert leaves Abbey feeling
(a) A certain madness
(b) Hungry for the ocean
(c) Tired of the heat
(d) Haunted by voices

15. Abbey's campsite is
(a) A place he has never seen before
(b) A fireplace built by Native Americans
(c) One erected previously
(d) An empty spot in a grassy field

Short Answer Questions

1. The desert flowers in the month of May have

2. The Havsupai are by nature

3. Abbey often mentions tamarisks. A tamarisk is a

4. The desert winds of May have

5. Abbey studies the Colorado's tributaries on

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