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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 did the note found in Fletcher's care package say?
(a) Fletcher's wife loved him.
(b) Jim Bailey would arrive in Bass Camp when Fletcher was due to arrive.
(c) Fletcher would need to remain in Bass Camp one week to wait for supplies.
(d) There would be no more care packages.

2. What are some things Fletcher describes in "Part 2, The Dream?"
(a) His friend's clothes and car.
(b) The deer and chipmunks on the Rim.
(c) The tourists and park personnel.
(d) The beauty of the rocks and colors of the Grand Canyon.

3. What did "Part II, The Dream" describe?
(a) Fletcher's pans to study the Grand Canyon and travel it alone.
(b) A nightmare Fletcher had in which he fell from a high cliff.
(c) Fletcher's dream to become a famous explorer.
(d) A childhood dream of Fletcher's in which he visited an American Indian village.

4. What did Fletcher find difficult, if not impossible, to mentally grasp and understand in "Chapter 1, Entrance?"
(a) The Supai customs.
(b) The number of animals in the area.
(c) His responsibility to the wildlife of the area.
(d) The immenseness of his surroundings and the age of the Grand Canyon.

5. What material comprises the sixth layer of the Grand Canyon?
(a) Sandstone.
(b) Bright Angel Shale.
(c) Quartz.
(d) Silt.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Fletcher say was a sacrilege when it interrupted the silence of the Grand Canyon?

2. What type of graphic is found at the beginning of "Part 3, The Journey?"

3. What are hanging terraces?

4. In "Chapter 2, Reconnaissance," what does Fletcher say he realized during his trip?

5. Why does Fletcher say it might have been good that he didn't start his journey right after he decided to take it?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. At the very beginning of the Epilogue, what does Fletcher say might happen if man is not careful?

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

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

5. Describe one aspect of the Havasupai Indians' current life that troubled or saddened Fletcher?

6. Even though the view from the Rim of the Grand Canyon might have remained somewhat the same, what important aspect of Fletcher's journey does he say would surely have been destroyed by the projects proposed in the Epilogue, and what effect would that have had on the Canyon as a whole?

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

8. What doubts, if any, did Fletcher have about the trek through the Canyon after he decided he wanted to do it?

9. As Fletcher began to research the Grand Canyon in preparation for his journey, what were some of the barriers and challenges Fletcher realized he would need to consider?

10. In "Chapter 10, Exit," what were three of the things, serious or not, Fletcher says he had gained from his journey?

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