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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Chapters 6-10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What animal does Fletcher say lived in significant numbers in the area past the head of Forester Canyon?
(a) Cougars.
(b) Wild burros.
(c) Road Runners.
(d) Mustangs.

2. How did Fletcher redefine the path of his trip?
(a) From "around the Rim" to "along the Colorado River."
(b) From "through the Canyon" to "around the Rim."
(c) From "through the Canyon" to "to the Canyon floor and back."
(d) From "one end of the Grand Canyon to the other" to "one end of the Grand Canyon National Park to the other."

3. How long is the Grand Canyon?
(a) Between 50 and 100 miles long.
(b) Just under 30 miles long.
(c) One thousand miles long.
(d) More than two hundred miles long.

4. Who says, "I do not think I ever really considered that things might go seriously wrong"?
(a) John Wesley Powell.
(b) Colin Fletcher.
(c) Lorenzo Sinyala.
(d) William Wallace Bass.

5. Why did Fletcher sound strange when he spoke to Jim Bailey in "Chapter 6, Rock?"
(a) Fletcher had develped a cold.
(b) Fletcher's mouth was terribly dry because was out of water.
(c) Fletcher was excited, so his words come out in a squeak.
(d) Fletcher had not spoken to anyone in two weeks.

Short Answer Questions

1. Approximately how thick is the first layer of the Grand Canyon?

2. What did Fletcher say he saw even before he came close to the Grand Canyon?

3. How long did Dr. Harvey Butchart study the Grand Canyon?

4. What did Fletcher claim he began to hear as he traveled?

5. What event sparked a desire for Fletcher to study the Grand Canyon and make a journey through it alone?

(see the answer key)

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