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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. Much of the fauna growing near Abbey's trailer is
(a) Cactus and briars
(b) Pines and firs
(c) Weeds and reeds
(d) Sage and juniper

2. Some ancient pictographs in the rocks depict
(a) Space aliens that look like humans
(b) Violent acts of nature
(c) Flying dinosaurs
(d) Semi-human and super-human people

3. Viviano is infected by the poison of
(a) Prejudice
(b) Fear
(c) Rattlesnakes
(d) Black Widows

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Water has not created the arches, but they are instead carved by

2. Just before he heard a jeep approaching, Abbey saw a

3. A medicinal property of the buckbrush is that of

4. Edward Abbey's garden is

5. Abbey describes the voice of the desert

Short Essay Questions

1. How seriously is Abbey taking this government job?

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

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. Why was Turnbow Cabin built?

5. 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?

6. Why does Abbey kill a wild rabbit?

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

8. Why would the obsidian shards be named "Apache tears?"

9. Discuss how different the daily life of an pre-Columbian Native American was, as compared to the daily life of an American now.

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

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