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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Abbey's concerns about preserving wilderness in this chapter are connected with
(a) His concern about personal liberties
(b) His attitude toward vegetarianism
(c) His fear of civilization
(d) His lack of patriotism

2. Abbey's decision to take a shortcut in the Havasu Canyon
(a) Left him without water or food
(b) Made him realize he had gone too far
(c) Led him to sleep in the wilderness
(d) Led to a near-death experience

3. Abbey describes the experience of noontime in the desert like
(a) A religious experience
(b) A psychedelic drug experience
(c) An occult fantasy
(d) A dark nightmare

4. Unlike Thoreau, Abbey's intention is to
(a) Spend time in the bars
(b) Be a megalomaniac
(c) Spend six months in the desert
(d) Make the best of two worlds

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

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

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

8. Major John Wesley Powell was the first to
(a) The military force behind Lake Powell
(b) A force in drowing Glen Canyon
(c) The government's advocate for the Hoover Dam
(d) Explore the Colorado River and its environment

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

10. Abbey often mentions tamarisks. A tamarisk is a
(a) A wild animal related to the wolf
(b) Tree with pink plumes
(c) A soaring, large-winged bird
(d) A lake in the canyon

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

12. Abbey admits that he, too, is a member of
(a) The local grange
(b) The human rat race
(c) Freeway traffic
(d) A civilized tribe

13. Abbey cancels his plans for
(a) A trip to the airport
(b) One more hike in the rocks
(c) A final campfire
(d) A ceremonious farewell

14. Separating from other human beings feels to Abbey like
(a) A spiritual reckoning
(b) Cutting the cord, a rebirth into primeval liberty
(c) An unnatural act that will lead to loss
(d) A stab of conscience

15. Abbey's reference to the beavers building another dam is really about
(a) The beavers that were imported into the park
(b) The tourists who have jammed up the river
(c) The busy park rangers
(d) The federal government's new reservoir

Short Answer Questions

1. Abbey can be said to be a high-level

2. Edward Abbey and Johnny try to

3. In the middle of the day on the desert, most of the birds

4. All creatures in the desert at this time of year

5. A large influx of tourists to the park is marked by

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