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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does Fletcher describe the state of the Grand Canyon at the time the book was written?
(a) Still changing.
(b) Finished changing.
(c) A dying canyon.
(d) Nearing destruction in a few years.

3. How did Fletcher say the big moment happened when he knew he would take the journey through the Grand Canyon?
(a) Explosively.
(b) Slowly.
(c) There was no big moment.
(d) Unexpectedly.

4. What did geologists say disrupted the Colorado River's flow and lead to the formation of the Grand Canyon?
(a) A land slide.
(b) An upheaval of earth.
(c) A comet.
(d) A volcano.

5. How many layers are included in the Rim?
(a) 3.
(b) 5.
(c) 8.
(d) 2.

6. Whom does Fletcher describe at the beginning of "Chapter 3, Interlude?"
(a) His family.
(b) The tourists.
(c) The Havasupai Indians.
(d) The park rangers.

7. Approximately how thick is the first layer of the Grand Canyon?
(a) 400 feet.
(b) 1000 feet.
(c) 5 feet.
(d) 20 feet.

8. What is the current age estimate of the second layer of the Grand Canyon?
(a) 50 thousand years.
(b) 500 million years.
(c) 250 million years.
(d) 10 million years.

9. What are hanging terraces?
(a) Hanging gardens.
(b) Porches at the Grand Canyon National Park Office that hang over the canyon.
(c) Walkways without guardrails
(d) Narrow sloping ledges.

10. Approximately how thick is the fifth layer of the Grand Canyon?
(a) 200 feet.
(b) 1000 feet.
(c) 500 feet.
(d) 50 feet.

11. Approximately how thick is the third layer of the Grand Canyon?
(a) 200 feet.
(b) 750 feet.
(c) 20 feet.
(d) 1000 feet.

12. In "Chapter 2, Reconnaissance," what does Fletcher say he realized during his trip?
(a) The insignificance of man in comparison to the Grand Canyon and nature.
(b) This would be the last trip he was physically able to make.
(c) He had a desire to become an archeologist.
(d) He would be financially ruined when he returned home.

13. About what did Fletcher begin to worry in "Chapter 3, Interlude?"
(a) Bad weather.
(b) His injured ankle.
(c) The lack of modern technology in the Supai village.
(d) The endangered animals living in the canyon.

14. What term does the author use for what comprises the third layer of the Grand Canyon?
(a) The Supai Formation.
(b) The Canyon Layer.
(c) The Grand Layer.
(d) The Great Formation.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Lorenzo Sinyala born?

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

3. What information was not sought by Fletcher before beginning his trip?

4. What are layers 4 through 6 of the Grand Canyon called?

5. If he were to realize his dream, what would Fletcher accomplish?

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