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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 is considered the top layer of the Grand Canyon?
(a) The Inner Gorge.
(b) The Tonto Platform.
(c) The Erosion Surface.
(d) The top of the Rim.

2. What was Fletcher's reaction upon his first trip to the Rim?
(a) Laughter at all the funny people there.
(b) Disgust at the destruction around him.
(c) Anger at his friend for bringing him.
(d) Shock at the majesty of what he saw.

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

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

5. How long is the Grand Canyon?
(a) More than two hundred miles long.
(b) One thousand miles long.
(c) Just under 30 miles long.
(d) Between 50 and 100 miles long.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was the place where Fletcher arrived in "Chapter 4, Challenge" such a relief to his spirit?

2. Fletcher says while studying the Grand Canyon he realized the silence there was not a timeless one as he first thought. How does he define it instead?

3. What cheerful tribal tourist manager did Fletcher meet in "Chapter 3, Interlude?"

4. Why did Fletcher stay at the Grand Canyon Village for a while just before beginning his trip?

5. When Fletcher's idea was first fully formed, what doubts bugged him?

Short Essay Questions

1. Tell about one thing Fletcher says in "Chapter 10, Exit," that did not turn out as he thought it would.

2. At the beginning of "Chapter 5, Transition," Fletcher details how the airdrop has affected him. Describe this realization.

3. How did Fletcher spend the year between his decision to travel through the Canyon and his actual start date?

4. In "Chapter 4, Challenge," Fletcher details several "stupidities" that caused delays in his trip toward Sinyala Canyon. Describe one of these "stupidities."

5. What was the difference between how Fletcher viewed the area around Phantom Ranch and how those visiting more recently from the outside world viewed it in "Chapter 8, Life?"

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

7. Near the end of "Chapter 9, Man," what physical challenge did Fletcher have to conquer to reach his last air-drop and his route out of the Canyon?

8. Who drove Fletcher to the starting point of his trip into the Canyon? Where was he from and how did he interact with and help Fletcher at the beginning of his journey?

9. Name and describe another aspect of the Canyon other than its appearance that struck Fletcher.

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

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