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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. Moon-Eye's temperament was due to
(a) Having been lost for so long
(b) Having been separated from his mother as a colt
(c) Bad genes from his mother
(d) Inflammation of one of his eyes
2. The meaning of Abbey's words, "claritas, integritas, veritas" can be found in this quote:
(a) ...the desert reveals itself nakedly and cruelly, with no meaning but its own existnece
(b) To meet God or Medusa face to face, even if it means risking everything human in myself
(c) I am here...to confront, immediately and directly if it's possible, the bare bones of existence
(d) Paradox and bedrock.
3. Abbey tries to convince Moon-Eye to come with by telling him a story about
(a) How he will die and be eaten
(b) How he will get the others and come for him
(c) His own childhood
(d) His pet horse back in Albuquerque
4. The desert flowers in the month of May have
(a) Flourished and are thriving
(b) Finally blossomed
(c) Been overwatered and are drowning
(d) Withered and gone to seed
5. The beautiful flower Larkspur can be
(a) Deadly for cattle
(b) Used for herbal teas
(c) Poisonous to humans
(d) Made into healing salve
Short Answer Questions
1. Beyond the timberline Abbey observes
2. What reigns in the desert on this late-spring day is
3. In the middle of the day on the desert, most of the birds
4. After Moon-Eye rushed Abbey and ran fifty feet away, Abbey waited on him for
5. Abbey feels the only real paradise is
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Abbey prefer the desert to other environments?
2. Of what is Abbey reminded as he lay naked on top of Tukuhnikivats?
3. What does Abbey say, indirectly, about change?
4. Abbey gives us two facts in the early part of this chapter that make it clear that this trip was taken in a decade long-past. What is it?
5. Why do the men make jokes about the dead man?
6. The trip down the Colorado for Abbey and Newcomb is blissful and idyllic. What, if any, is the dark side of this story?
7. How does Abbey feel about leaving the desert and returning to the city?
8. Abbey does not speak highly of the man-made lakes on the Colorado. Why?
9. Where is the heart of the desert, according to Abbey?
10. Why was Abbey not interested in living with the Supai Havasu Indians?
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