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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. How does Hayduke respond to Smith throwing a shoe at him?

2. What do Doc Sarvis and Abbzug claim the explosives are for?

3. Why has Hayduke stayed the night near the construction site?

4. Where does the group drop off Doc Sarvis and Abbzug?

5. What does Hayduke do as he drives around the desert?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Hayduke and Smith want to destroy the dam?

2. Who is Joseph Fielding Smith?

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

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

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

6. Why did the FBI investigate Abbey?

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

8. Why does Hayduke become passionate about environmental issues?

9. How did Hayduke get his revenge on a police officer?

10. Describe Bonnie Abbzug's character.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The author wrote THE MONKEY WRENCH GANG in the third person. Why do you think the author chose to write the story in the third person? How do you think the meaning of the story would change if the author wrote it in the first person?

Essay Topic 2

Aside from the main characters, examine the way the author uses the other characters in the book. When does he introduce and take them away from the story? What effect does it have on the story?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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