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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What has caused the river to become a tame glacier?

2. What river is at the Glen Canyon?

3. What does Hayduke attempt to do at a bar?

4. What kind of car does Hayduke steal?

5. What shoots off when the organizers cut the ribbon?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Smith tell the group about Bishop Love?

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

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

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

5. How did Edward Abbey become interested in the environment?

6. What does Chapter 8 say about Bishop Love's character?

7. Describe Bonnie Abbzug's character.

8. What are Abbzug's views on Hayduke and Smith?

9. Why did the FBI investigate Abbey?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Imagine you have a friend who is considering joining a group known to use terrorist methods.

1. What problems can you identify in the group's policies and methods? How will your friend's life change if he joins the group?

2. How can you convince your friend not to join the group.

Essay Topic 2

Compare one of the main characters to the person he or she was at the beginning of the book to the person he or she is at the end.

1. What did the character hope to achieve at the beginning of the book?

2. What events changes the character's ideas about life?

3. How has the character changed by the end of the book?

Essay Topic 3

Choose one of the following and discuss how it affects the tone of the book and helps to express character and theme:

1. Setting

2. Point of view

3. Structure

4. Language

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