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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. Who does Seldom Seen see through his field glasses?
(a) A naked man.
(b) A naked woman.
(c) An FBI agent.
(d) A police officer.

2. What has Doc Sarvis named his task of burning billboards?
(a) Inverted advertizing.
(b) A beautification project.
(c) Global war.
(d) A hate project.

3. What character in the novel does Abbey base on the leader of a real environmental group?
(a) Abbey.
(b) Dr. Boss.
(c) Hayduke.
(d) Brinkley.

4. What event are several hundred people attending?
(a) The opening of a new road.
(b) The opening of a supermarket.
(c) The opening of a dam.
(d) The opening of a new bridge.

5. What does Seldom Seen cook for his passengers and crew members?
(a) Biscuits and gravy.
(b) Sausages.
(c) Steak.
(d) Grits.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Seldom Seen pray for God to start?

2. How does Bonnie Abbzug help Doc burn the billboards?

3. What does Hayduke want to purchase?

4. Why does Doc refuse to set fire to the vehicles?

5. Where was Edward Abbey raised?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Doc say he is part of the group?

2. How does Abbey express his likes and dislikes in the prologue?

3. What do the men discuss when the women go to bed?

4. What does the group destroy on the construction site?

5. What is the purpose of the introduction?

6. What do Doc and Abbzug argue about in the bar?

7. What do the the Governor of Utah and two officers of the Department of Public Safety discuss as they walk back to their vehicles?

8. How does Chapter 9 express Hayduke's darker side?

9. How does this chapter show the differences between Smith and Hayduke?

10. Describe Bonnie Abbzug's character.

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