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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. Edward's part thought in this chapter is that
(a) Only dogs have emotions
(b) All living things on earth are kindred
(c) Women have souls
(d) Animals have no emotions

2. Roy Scobie is a rancher obsessed with
(a) His ranch hands
(b) His ranch
(c) His own death
(d) His cattle

3. What is Abbey saying about the area in the Graham and Husk story?
(a) That not all men are equal
(b) That nature is far more powerful than man
(c) That a child was killed unnecesssarily
(d) That greed will kill people

4. When raising his American flag, Edward wishes
(a) Good fortune to both sides
(b) Good fortune to all wildlife
(c) Good luck to everyone
(d) Good luck to his friends at headquarters

5. What is the one clue we have that the lawyer who approached Mrs. Husk was representing the government?
(a) His cufflinks
(b) His knowledge of her husband's death
(c) His authorization to offer large amounts of money to her
(d) The emblem on his lighter

Short Answer Questions

1. Edward Abbey's solution to preventing rattlesnakes is

2. Abbey will be allowed to drive the government truck

3. The difference between Navajos and other poverty-stricken cultures is

4. The story of Husk, Graham and Billy-Joe is obviously

5. West of the Mississippi, Abbey says the cult of "cowboyism" is growing as fast as

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is an example of the primitive attitudes of Native Americans, as expressed by Abbey?

3. Why does Abbey decide not to kill the rattlesnake under his doorstep?

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

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

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

7. How does Abbey get rid of the rattlesnakes?

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

9. 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?

10. Why does Abbey's watch seem absurd to him?

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