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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. Abbey has been promised by a Mormon woman that he
(a) Will go to heaven with her
(b) Will be saved as a Mormon
(c) Will finally come around to her way of praying
(d) Will always be an atheist

2. The pika is an animal that lives and feeds on
(a) Larkspur
(b) Buttercups
(c) Tundra
(d) Alpine violets

3. The German who befriended Abbey was, in Abbey's opinion,
(a) A crazy Bavarian
(b) A Zionist
(c) A naieve German
(d) A typical, common Nazi

4. Abbey studies the Colorado's tributaries on
(a) A road map of Utah
(b) A geological map of the Grand Canyon
(c) A globe
(d) A topigraphical map of the US

5. Unlike Thoreau, Abbey's intention is to
(a) Spend time in the bars
(b) Be a megalomaniac
(c) Spend six months in the desert
(d) Make the best of two worlds

Short Answer Questions

1. Mackie would rather be rich than work for Scobie. If he were, he would

2. Abbey can be said to be a high-level

3. Fred Burkett's favorite hiding place to watch for speeders was

4. When Abbey finally confronts Moon-Eye, he is

5. Under Abbey's ramada on a sunny day the temperature of 110 degrees is

Short Essay Questions

1. Where is the heart of the desert, according to Abbey?

2. Why does Abbey prefer the desert to other environments?

3. Why does Edward Abbey seemingly push the limits of safety by living in isolation and putting himself in dangerous situations?

4. What is the difference between Abbey's heat waves and a mirage?

5. Why does Abbey refer to himself as a true patriot?

6. 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?

7. Why do the men make jokes about the dead man?

8. Of what is Abbey reminded as he lay naked on top of Tukuhnikivats?

9. Why does Abbey persist in pursuing Moon-Eye when the heat and conditions have become quite uncomfortable for him?

10. The poet to whom Abbey refers in this chapter when he says, "It was all foreseen a half century ago," is Robinson Jeffers, and his poem is entitled "Broken Balance." Why does Abbey not provide the reader with that information, when he has so adamantly laid out his reasoning and feelings for us in the previous paragraphs?

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