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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Chapters 1-5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What event sparked a desire for Fletcher to study the Grand Canyon and make a journey through it alone?
(a) A television special highlighting the place.
(b) An impromptu side trip made to the Grand Canyon during a cross country journey with a friend.
(c) A visit from and American Indian in a dream.
(d) The death of a close friend.

2. What is the current age estimate of the sixth layer of the Grand Canyon?
(a) 800 million years.
(b) 475 million years.
(c) 20 thousand years.
(d) 500 thousand years.

3. What places were presumably named for a member of Lorenzo Sinyala's family?
(a) Lorenzo Trail and Sinyala Ravine.
(b) Lorenzo Lake and Sinyala Creek.
(c) Sinyala Trail and Sinyala Plateau.
(d) Mount Sinyala and Sinyala Canyon.

4. What material makes up the second layer of the Grand Canyon?
(a) Granite.
(b) Limestone.
(c) Volcanic ash.
(d) Sandstone.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Fletcher describe the Grand Canyon?

2. According to Fletcher, what would the rest of nature around the Grand Canyon do?

3. Part 1 is called "The Place." What is the place?

4. What urge came to Fletcher's mind as he witnessed the different sights at the Rim?

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

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