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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. When Fletcher's idea was first fully formed, what doubts bugged him?
(a) What he would do about his diabetes while he was on his journey.
(b) How he would ask his boss for time off.
(c) How he would stay away from home so long.
(d) No real doubts.

2. Where was Fletcher headed at the beginning of "Chapter 9, Man"?
(a) Into a deep valley.
(b) Back to Phantom Ranch.
(c) To the air drop site.
(d) Across the river.

3. At the beginning of "Chapter 8, Life" what did Fletcher say he should have known "would drag me back into the present?"
(a) The Great Unconformity.
(b) Seeing a little boy playing in the dirt.
(c) Phantom Ranch.
(d) Becoming ill.

4. What realization did Fletcher reach as he spent time observing wildlife on the sand bar?
(a) He would like to write a book about wildlife in the Canyon.
(b) He would be out of food in one day.
(c) He had misjudged his distance from the airdrop and would have to walk through the night to make it on time.
(d) He was no longer in awe of the Canyon, instead he expresses a discovery of unity among plants and creatures and all other things.

5. How does Fletcher describe the Grand Canyon?
(a) "Huge stacks of multicolored rock."
(b) "A chasm . . . like a gigantic and impossible desert crevasse."
(c) "An upside-down mountain wonder."
(d) "A gigantic hole in the desert plateau."

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. What questions does Fletcher say he hoped he would find some solutions for as he traveled the Grand Canyon?

3. What is the current age estimate of the sixth layer of the Grand Canyon?

4. Where did Fletcher decide to spend the last two weeks of his journey?

5. What is the current age estimate of the eighth layer of the Grand Canyon.

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