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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 do Doc and Abbzug do while Hayduke and Smith mix the thermite?

2. Who does Smith return to the following morning?

3. Who does the ranger believe left the empty boxes of explosives?

4. Why does Hayduke want to kill the pilot?

5. Where does Hayduke stop at a cafe?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the characters' lives change after the trial?

2. How do Smith and Hayduke cope when they split from Abbzug and Doc?

3. In what way is Abbzug and Hayduke's relationship violent?

4. What does McKibben think is the only reason Abbey is dangerous?

5. What does the masked man say to Hayduke?

6. How does Hayduke upset Abbzug?

7. Summarize the novel.

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

9. Why does Hayduke think it is a good idea to destroy the bulldozers?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 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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