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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. What material makes up the first and youngest layer of the Grand Canyon?
(a) Quartz.
(b) Limestone.
(c) Silt.
(d) Volcanic ash.

2. What was Fletcher's only concern about the proposed trip?
(a) That it would be physically impossible.
(b) That he would drown.
(c) That he would be too lonely.
(d) That his family would not support him.

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

4. Why does Fletcher say it might have been good that he didn't start his journey right after he decided to take it?
(a) It gave him time to fully recover from the flu.
(b) The time helped him test the idea to see whether or not he really wanted to do it.
(c) It gave him more time to say goodbye to his family.
(d) It gave him time to get the nerve together for the dangerous trip.

5. What did Jim Bailey and the Park naturalist carry with them back over the Rim after speaking with Fletcher in the limestone cave?
(a) The murmurs of life.
(b) All the food supplies.
(c) Fletcher's only piece of rope.
(d) Fletcher's last hope.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What material makes up the second layer of the Grand Canyon?

3. At the beginning of "Chapter 6, Rock" what was one of the things Fletcher noticed and described that was in the cave where his first cache was stored?

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

5. What animal does Fletcher say lived in significant numbers in the area past the head of Forester Canyon?

(see the answer key)

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