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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Abbey's reaction to the man's manner of death is one of
(a) Fear of going the same way
(b) Anger for his carelessness
(c) Congratulatory envy
(d) Revulsion at the sight

4. Abbey wants his readers to know that the desert is
(a) Vulnerable
(b) Cruel
(c) Indifferent
(d) Unchanging

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

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

7. The meaning of Abbey's words, "claritas, integritas, veritas" can be found in this quote:
(a) ...the desert reveals itself nakedly and cruelly, with no meaning but its own existnece
(b) Paradox and bedrock.
(c) I am here...to confront, immediately and directly if it's possible, the bare bones of existence
(d) To meet God or Medusa face to face, even if it means risking everything human in myself

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

9. The beautiful flower Larkspur can be
(a) Made into healing salve
(b) Poisonous to humans
(c) Used for herbal teas
(d) Deadly for cattle

10. On the second day of their journey, Abbey is
(a) Peaceful and blissful
(b) Wishing to be back in Moab
(c) Hoping the trip ends soon
(d) Creatively suppressed

11. 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

12. The difference between the desert and other geographic areas is its
(a) Its beauty in all seasons
(b) Its passivity and simplicity
(c) Its level of tourism
(d) Its danger

13. Abbey gives us an idea of how he laces his conversations with tourists
(a) With warnings
(b) With disgust
(c) With humor
(d) With anger

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Abbey wishes that the tourists would get out of their vehicles and

2. Abbey describes the experience of noontime in the desert like

3. The pika is an animal that lives and feeds on

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

5. Mackie would rather be rich than work for Scobie. If he were, he would

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