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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. Vernon Pick managed to sufficiently purify his water by
(a) Turning his canteen into a charcoal filter
(b) Running water through sand before drinking
(c) Filtering the water through gravel
(d) Pouring water through thick brush before drinking
2. Viviano is infected by the poison of
(a) Black Widows
(b) Fear
(c) Rattlesnakes
(d) Prejudice
3. Quicksand is simply
(a) Pasty lava-type sand
(b) Hot fine grained sand
(c) A mixture of soft sand and water
(d) Cold, chunky viscous sand
4. Why was the government interested in the Arches national park area?
(a) It is a source of uranium
(b) It provides a natural bridge to the east
(c) Death Valley is a high security area for testing
(d) Its wealth of silver mines
5. Viviano Jacquez' nationality is
(a) Italian
(b) Swiss
(c) Mexican
(d) Basque
Short Answer Questions
1. Wood is petrified by
2. Geodes are prevalent in these areas. They are
3. Lloyd Pierson is
4. Abbey is adamant about the Navajos' inability to adapt to
5. Edward Abbey's solution to preventing rattlesnakes is
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Abbey mean by "pox vobiscum," and "swinish politics?"
2. How does Edward Abbey seem "polemic" in his views about national parks?
3. Abbey mentions that both men he meets are married and have children. Can we assume Abbey is neither? Why or why not?
4. How were the Park Service rules ambiguous as they were written in 1916?
5. Discuss Abbey's relationship with the natural world as he watches the stars.
6. Explain why Abbey prefers not to use a flashlight in the dark.
7. How does Abbey get rid of the rattlesnakes?
8. Explain why many of the petroglyphs are found in caves too high for us to reach.
9. Why does Abbey decide not to kill the rattlesnake under his doorstep?
10. What is an example of the primitive attitudes of Native Americans, as expressed by Abbey?
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