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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the current age estimate of the fourth layer of the Grand Canyon?
(a) 300 million years.
(b) 50 million years.
(c) 500 million years.
(d) 100 million years.

2. What river still runs at the bottom of the Grand Canyon?
(a) The Gila River.
(b) The Mississippi River.
(c) The Rio Grande.
(d) The Colorado River.

3. What does the book say geologists believe formed the Grand Canyon?
(a) An earthquake.
(b) The Colorado River.
(c) A large sea that evaporated after a 200 year drought.
(d) A volcanic eruption.

4. What lifestyle does Fletcher describe in a footnote in "Part 2, The Dream?"
(a) A famous millionaire.
(b) An accomplished musician.
(c) A compulsive walker.
(d) A compulsive gambler.

5. How many layers of the Grand Canyon are shown in the schematic in "Part 3, The Journey?"
(a) 8.
(b) 5.
(c) 12.
(d) 20.

6. When did Fletcher's journey through the Grand Canyon begin?
(a) At daybreak in mid-June.
(b) At noon in early October.
(c) At sunset in mid-April.
(d) At dusk in early February.

7. What urge came to Fletcher's mind as he witnessed the different sights at the Rim?
(a) To leave and never come back.
(b) To swim across the river.
(c) To hike the canyon.
(d) To climb the mountain.

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

9. What are layers 4 through 6 of the Grand Canyon called?
(a) The Red Wall.
(b) Esplanade.
(c) The Great Unconformity.
(d) The Rim.

10. What is the area directly underneath the seventh layer of the Grand Canyon?
(a) Esplanade.
(b) The Erosion Surface.
(c) The Grand Platform.
(d) The Angle Pass.

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

12. How long did it take to for the Grand Canyon to form?
(a) 500 Billion years.
(b) 200 years.
(c) A thousand years.
(d) Millions of years.

13. What is the name of the government agency established to protect the rights of Native Americans?
(a) Native American Commission.
(b) Bureau of Indian Affairs.
(c) Commission of Indian Rights.
(d) Native American Administration.

14. Who drove Fletcher to the parking area at the edge of the Rim?
(a) John Wesley Powell.
(b) Colin Fletcher.
(c) His father.
(d) Lorenzo Sinyala.

15. What places were presumably named for a member of Lorenzo Sinyala's family?
(a) Lorenzo Trail and Sinyala Ravine.
(b) Sinyala Trail and Sinyala Plateau.
(c) Lorenzo Lake and Sinyala Creek.
(d) Mount Sinyala and Sinyala Canyon.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Fletcher's reaction upon his first trip to the Rim?

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

3. How does Fletcher describe the state of the Grand Canyon at the time the book was written?

4. Where did Fletcher go to ask questions about the area in which he would be traveling?

5. What were some of the plans for his trip that Fletcher details in "Part 2, The Dream?"

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