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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. Ten miles away past the highway, Abbey can see
(a) The Arches Mesa
(b) Salt Creek Mesa
(c) Dead Horse Mesa
(d) Mesa of Moab

2. The Moab Valley in the distance lies between
(a) Thousand-foot walls of rock
(b) Plateaus and bluffs
(c) Glacial mountains
(d) Mesas and low hills

3. The natural wonder that Edward is able to see in his new location is
(a) Grand Canyon
(b) The Arches National Monument
(c) Colorado Mesa
(d) Painted Desert

4. The prickly pear cactus and its blossom exemplifies the
(a) Pain in nature
(b) The fierceness of the heat
(c) Unity of opposites
(d) The wild rose

5. Abbey sees as a nuisance the presence in the desert of
(a) Foxes, wolves and bobcats
(b) Rodents such as rats, mice and squirrels
(c) Snakes, lizards and gophers
(d) Scorpions, tarantulas, centipedes and black widows

Short Answer Questions

1. Abbey will be responsible for providing the campsites with

2. What does Abbey feel is lost with the looting of the forests' natural treasures?

3. Roy Scobie is a rancher obsessed with

4. Much of the fauna growing near Abbey's trailer is

5. The small cloud on Abbey's horizon is

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain Abbey's frustration with Roy Scobie.

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

3. Where in this chapter does Abbey foreshadow a story involving quicksand?

4. How does Abbey get rid of the rattlesnakes?

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

6. Is Abbey's story of Husk and Graham a fact-checked, absolutely correct retelling?

7. Is it beneficial to the Navajos that their population is increasing?

8. What does Abbey mean by "pox vobiscum," and "swinish politics?"

9. What are the two wild animals that Abbey has never seen in the Southwest?

10. Discuss Abbey's relationship with the natural world as he watches the stars.

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