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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. Who does Hayduke realize lied when he sees a man in the train cab?

2. What do Hayduke and Abbzug investigate at the Grand Canyon?

3. What stops Abbzug from setting off the explosive?

4. Who is Abbzug's backup?

5. What is the masked man's mode of transport?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Smith dream about in this section?

2. How does Hayduke save Abbzug?

3. How do Abbzug and Hayduke get together for the first time?

4. How does Doc show his anger in this section?

5. How does the group blow up the train tracks?

6. How does Hayduke get away from Bishop Love at the cafe?

7. What does the masked man say to Hayduke?

8. Why does Doc think Hayduke is trustworthy?

9. How is Hayduke a different person when he smokes marijuana?

10. What does Hayduke tell the group about his experiences in Vietnam?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

How did Abbey view the 1970s? What impact has his ideas had on environmental groups? Has that impact been mainly positive, or mainly negative?

Essay Topic 3

Choose one of Abbey's previous book and contrast it with THE MONKEY WRENCH GANG in terms of the following:

1. Style.

2. Structure.

3. Themes.

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