2. The government's attempt to transform Navajos to middle class Americans is called
(a) Elitism
(b) Prejudice
(c) Adjustment
(d) Assimilation

3. Thunderstorms come to the high desert in
(a) The middle of spring
(b) The first of October
(c) July and August
(d) September 15

4. West of the Mississippi, Abbey says the cult of "cowboyism" is growing as fast as
(a) The counter culture
(b) The disappearance of cattle herding
(c) The population of buffalo
(d) The local Indian reservations

5. The government survey crew came with plans to
(a) Build a new winter resort
(b) Lay out a new road into the Arches
(c) Construct additional campsites
(d) Rebuild the ranger station

Short Answer Questions

1. "Apache Tears" are actually

2. What is Abbey saying about the area in the Graham and Husk story?

3. Ten miles away past the highway, Abbey can see

4. Abbey is polemic about

5. Why was the government interested in the Arches national park area?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is one of the innate demands of industrial tourism?

2. Abbey mentions that both men he meets are married and have children. Can we assume Abbey is neither? Why or why not?

3. Abbey describes areas where one can find artifacts from Native Americans in the form of arrowheads and spearheads, made from obsidian. There is a law that prohibits removing stones from the national park. Do you think these artifacts can still be found in the "shady alcoves under canyon walls" in the Arches?

4. 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?

5. What does Abbey suggest should be done about the erosion of national parks?

6. What is Viviano Jacquez's problem?

7. Abbey seems to jump back and forth in time in his book. Where in this chapter does that first become obvious?

8. How does the author project his own sensibilities onto the doves that he hears calling? Why?

9. For what does the author seem to be searching by taking this job?

10. Explain Abbey's frustration with Roy Scobie.

(see the answer keys)

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