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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. As a true patriot, Abbey encourages Waterman to
(a) Find himself
(b) Fight in the war proudly
(c) Hide from the draft
(d) Go back to his real life

5. The man who has initiated the search is the deceased man's
(a) Brother
(b) Nephew
(c) Cousin
(d) Father

6. Abbey gets sidetracked to Havasu on his way to
(a) Denver
(b) Los Angeles
(c) Moab
(d) New Mexico

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

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

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

10. Mackie would rather be rich than work for Scobie. If he were, he would
(a) Buy Scobie out
(b) Buy his own cows
(c) Hire someone like himself
(d) Live back in Moab

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

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

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

14. The desert winds of May have
(a) Cleaned out the flowers and debris
(b) Burned the green things to saffron and auburn
(c) Dried the river to a stream
(d) Brought huge thunderclouds

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. On his trip to capture Moon-Eye, Abbey ate his lunch in the shade of

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

4. With Waterman, Abbey experiences his first attempt at

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

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