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

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

3. 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.

4. What is the current age estimate of the seventh layer of the Grand Canyon?
(a) 30 thousand years.
(b) 1 billion years.
(c) 500 million years.
(d) 750 thousand years.

5. What did the Fletcher have to change in "Chapter 2, Reconnaissance?"
(a) His expectations for a walking partner.
(b) His mindset from working every day to living more simply.
(c) His eating habits to that of a vegetarian.
(d) His mode of transportation from hiking to riding a mule.

Short Answer Questions

1. What urge came to Fletcher's mind as he witnessed the different sights at the Rim?

2. About how long did Fletcher stay at the Grand Canyon Village?

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

4. What are some things Fletcher describes in "Part 2, The Dream?"

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

Short Essay Questions

1. At the end of the Epilogue are two updates. One is about information from "Part I, The Place." What is this update?

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

3. What does Fletcher say was part of the problem with trying to convince engineers that the projects were a bad idea?

4. Where did Fletcher decide to spend the last two weeks of his trip. What did he call the place, and what did he plan to learn there?

5. Describe Fletcher's reaction upon reaching the Esplanade at the beginning of "Chapter 4, Challenge."

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

7. What were the first three signs of man that Fletcher noticed after washing in Nankoweap Creek near the end of his journey in "Chapter 10, Exit?"

8. Whom did Fletcher plan to meet in "the museum" in "Chapter 9, Man," and what connection did this person have to the history of the Canyon?

9. What types of information can be obtained from the graph on the first page of "Part 3, The Journey?"

10. As Fletcher talked with Jim Bailey and a park naturalist in a cave at the beginning of "Chapter 6, Rock," he noticed something behind the words of Bailey and the other man. Describe what he noticed and what happened to it after they left.

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