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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What material makes up the second layer of the Grand Canyon?
(a) Limestone.
(b) Sandstone.
(c) Granite.
(d) Volcanic ash.

2. Why was the place where Fletcher arrived in "Chapter 4, Challenge" such a relief to his spirit?
(a) He found a better shelter for the night.
(b) He found fresh water there.
(c) It was a wide open area, a relief from the closed spaces of the side canyons.
(d) His arrival meant he was almost done with his trip.

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

4. How long did Dr. Harvey Butchart study the Grand Canyon?
(a) 17 years.
(b) 25 years.
(c) 5 years.
(d) He never studied it.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does Fletcher describe at the beginning of "Chapter 3, Interlude?"

2. When did Fletcher's dream become a reality?

3. How does "Part 1, The Place" begin?

4. According to the Fletcher, how did the changes in the earth that formed the Grand Canyon happen?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe one "compulsive walking" trip Fletcher mentions in a footnote of "Chapter 2, Dreams."

2. During his week at Phantom Ranch, Fletcher experienced a change. What was this change, and what was one thing that contributed to it?

3. Where did Fletcher make camp his first night and how did he describe the area he picked for a campsite?

4. In "Chapter 2, The Dream," where did Fletcher decide to plant two caches of food supplies and why?

5. What town did Fletcher say he wanted to drive through on his way home from his journey through the Grand Canyon and why?

6. What were some changes Fletcher noticed soon after he left the platform over Hualpai Canyon?

7. Describe the meeting between Fletcher and Jim Bailey (the pilot who air-dropped Fletcher's supplies) at the end of "Chapter 5, Transition." Include why Fletcher doubted he would see Bailey at this point in his trip and how he described Bailey when he first saw him.

8. What realization did Fletcher come to and write about in his journal as he noticed all the signs of man beside Nankoweap Creek in "Chapter 10, Exit?"

9. At the end of the Epilogue are two updates. One is about information from the original Epilogue. Summarize the information in this update.

10. If performed as proposed, what were some of the possible effects of the proposed projects Fletcher warns the reader about in the Epilogue?

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