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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Abbey uses a piece of hollow cane to create a
(a) A digging tool
(b) Siphon for getting water
(c) Pipe for tobacco
(d) A new walking stick

2. Abbey can be said to be a high-level
(a) Atheist
(b) Cynic
(c) Mormon
(d) Conservative

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

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

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

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

7. Abbey decides to climb Tukuhnikivats
(a) With his horse
(b) With his camping partner
(c) By himself
(d) In his pickup

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

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

10. Moon Eye, the wild horse, has been living alone for
(a) Six months
(b) Ten years
(c) Fifteen years
(d) A year

11. Abbey's exploration of the Maze with Bob Waterman is
(a) Impulsive
(b) Dangerous
(c) Haphazard
(d) Ironic

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

13. Why does Abbey say he wants the wild horse, Moon-Eye?
(a) He wants him for transportation
(b) He is curious about a reclusive horse
(c) He wants to see his huge hooves
(d) He says he does not know

14. The only sign of human life Abbey and Waterman see in the maze is
(a) Footprints
(b) A beer can
(c) Old tent poles
(d) A snake petroglyph

15. We can assume that Abbey decides to set off to the mountains
(a) He needs to test out his pickup on the bumpy road
(b) To escape the government officials' visit
(c) For a break from the August heat
(d) Because he is sick of the trailer and ramada

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Abbey has been promised by a Mormon woman that he

4. The meaning of Abbey's words, "claritas, integritas, veritas" can be found in this quote:

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

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