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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Parts 1 and 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Fletcher rule out following a route along the Colorado River?
(a) It had many deep gorges and impassable areas.
(b) He was afraid of the roaring water.
(c) It changed to an underground stream in places and was hard to follow.
(d) It crossed into an area sacred to the Havasupai Indians.

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

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

4. What was Fletcher's reaction upon his first trip to the Rim?
(a) Laughter at all the funny people there.
(b) Anger at his friend for bringing him.
(c) Shock at the majesty of what he saw.
(d) Disgust at the destruction around him.

5. Fletcher says while studying the Grand Canyon he realized the silence there was not a timeless one as he first thought. How does he define it instead?
(a) "Not a silence at all but the beautiful noise of nature."
(b) "A silence of the future."
(c) "A silence built of the seconds that had ticked away, eon after eon."
(d) "A silence established by an abundance of rock."

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Fletcher say it might have been good that he didn't start his journey right after he decided to take it?

2. Who says, "I do not think I ever really considered that things might go seriously wrong"?

3. What part of nature is not described in "Part 2, The Dream?"

4. What did geologists say disrupted the Colorado River's flow and lead to the formation of the Grand Canyon?

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

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