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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. A medicinal property of the buckbrush is that of
(a) Mint
(b) Quinine
(c) Disinfectant
(d) Saponaria
2. What is the one clue we have that the lawyer who approached Mrs. Husk was representing the government?
(a) His knowledge of her husband's death
(b) His authorization to offer large amounts of money to her
(c) The emblem on his lighter
(d) His cufflinks
3. Viviano Jacquez' nationality is
(a) Mexican
(b) Swiss
(c) Italian
(d) Basque
4. The gopher snakes watch over Abbey like
(a) Predators watching their prey
(b) Enemies waiting to strike
(c) Totemic deities
(d) Voyeurs, watching his activities
5. Viviano's English is about fifty percent
(a) Understandable
(b) Fortune telling
(c) Garbled
(d) Profanity
Short Answer Questions
1. The prickly pear cactus and its blossom exemplifies the
2. Scobie is only able to sleep
3. Vernon Pick managed to sufficiently purify his water by
4. Edward Abbey's garden is
5. The government's attempt to transform Navajos to middle class Americans is called
Short Essay Questions
1. Explain why many of the petroglyphs are found in caves too high for us to reach.
2. Explain Abbey's vague contempt for human beings that emerges in this chapter.
3. The author has arrived in Utah, having come from New Mexico. How different is the terrain in this new place from what he is accustomed to?
4. Why does Abbey's watch seem absurd to him?
5. Is it beneficial to the Navajos that their population is increasing?
6. Explain Abbey's frustration with Roy Scobie.
7. How were the Park Service rules ambiguous as they were written in 1916?
8. Explain Abbey's reasoning that joy may support survival.
9. Abbey seems to jump back and forth in time in his book. Where in this chapter does that first become obvious?
10. What is one of the innate demands of industrial tourism?
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