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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 15 and 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Rick wonder how he is going to leave the desert?
(a) He is afraid of the animals in the desert.
(b) He sees the supply truck leave.
(c) It is too hot to walk.
(d) He does not know the right direction.

2. What happens to the road Rick is on when he leaves the camp?
(a) It crumbles into nothing.
(b) It is blocked from a landslide.
(c) It dead ends.
(d) It stops at a stream.

3. How long does Lon tell Rick condors have been alive as a species?
(a) Since the last ice age.
(b) He does not tell Rick anything about how long they have been alive.
(c) Since life began on earth.
(d) For three thousand years.

4. Why does Lon wrap Maverick in a jacket?
(a) To keep him from scratching Lon.
(b) To keep him warm.
(c) To prove Lon's dominence.
(d) To calm him.

5. Who does Rick tell the driver he is meeting?
(a) His brother.
(b) His mother.
(c) His uncle.
(d) His grandmother.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Lon track Maverick?

2. For how long is Rick sentenced to the Detention Center?

3. What advice does Lon give Rick, who is nervous?

4. What does the judge think when Rick says he doesn't know why he did what he did?

5. What does Rick find when he drives up a mountainous road?

(see the answer key)

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