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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 type of graphic is found at the beginning of "Part 3, The Journey?"
(a) A bar graph showing the change in tourism at the Grand Canyon.
(b) A map showing a simplified profile of the geology of the Grand Canyon.
(c) A chart of vegetation found in the Grand Canyon.
(d) A chart of wild life in the desert.

2. What advice did Lorenzo Sinyala offer to Fletcher?
(a) Sound advice about walking long distances.
(b) Sound advice about escaping a bear attack.
(c) Sound advice regarding the downward trail and the Supai village.
(d) Sound advice about marriage.

3. The Grand Canyon is found in the northern part of what state?
(a) Colorado.
(b) New Mexico.
(c) Arizona.
(d) Nevada.

4. What information was not sought by Fletcher before beginning his trip?
(a) Information about the existence of water sources.
(b) Information about trails.
(c) Information about weather.
(d) Information about the possibility of attacks by wild boar.

5. What were two things Fletcher mentions could have made parts of his path impassable?
(a) The Native American population and the mountain.
(b) The Colorado River and the hanging terraces.
(c) The desert and rattlesnake nests.
(d) Wolves and bears.

Short Answer Questions

1. What places were presumably named for a member of Lorenzo Sinyala's family?

2. What is the area directly underneath the seventh layer of the Grand Canyon?

3. About what did Fletcher begin to worry in "Chapter 3, Interlude?"

4. Whom does Fletcher credit with giving him the most knowledge of the Grand Canyon?

5. What does the book say geologists believe formed the Grand Canyon?

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