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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 does Seldom Seen suggest they set on fire?

3. What has the Sierra Club dubbed Abbey?

4. What is Joseph Fielding Smith's nickname?

5. What does the group decide to set a mine on?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why is the Colorado River no longer the raging force it once was?

4. How is the bridge destroyed?

5. How does Hayduke try to stop the Search and Rescue team with boulders?

6. What does Hayduke watch as he eats breakfast?

7. How do Doc and Abbzug get away with buying firearms?

8. What is the purpose of the introduction?

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

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

Discuss elements of the narrative structure: exposition, conflict, complication, climax, resolution and conclusion. Do all the elements make for a logical and linear story? How does the story's structure express the book's themes?

Essay Topic 2

Examine the book's reception in three different countries including the country the book was written. How do their opinions about the books differ? Was the book more influential in one country than another? If so, why?

Essay Topic 3

Identify the main themes of the story. In what way are these themes relevant to the period? How does the author use character and setting to express these themes?

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