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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 is the current age estimate of the eighth layer of the Grand Canyon.
(a) 800 thousand years.
(b) 750 million years.
(c) 1 to 2 billion years.
(d) 5 million years.

2. How does "Part 1, The Place" begin?
(a) With facts about the Grand Canyon.
(b) With facts about tourist destinations in the United States.
(c) With advice on hiking.
(d) With information on traveling through Arizona.

3. What cheerful tribal tourist manager did Fletcher meet in "Chapter 3, Interlude?"
(a) Neil Ukwalla.
(b) Lorenzo Sinyala.
(c) John Wesley Powell.
(d) Colin Fletcher.

4. What did the Fletcher have to change in "Chapter 2, Reconnaissance?"
(a) His mode of transportation from hiking to riding a mule.
(b) His expectations for a walking partner.
(c) His eating habits to that of a vegetarian.
(d) His mindset from working every day to living more simply.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. About how long did Fletcher stay at the Grand Canyon Village?

3. How did Fletcher redefine the path of his trip?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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