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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10 The Heat of Noon: Rock and Tree and Cloud.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Ten miles away past the highway, Abbey can see
(a) Dead Horse Mesa
(b) Salt Creek Mesa
(c) The Arches Mesa
(d) Mesa of Moab

2. Indian artifacts in the national forest are
(a) Abundant
(b) Free for the picking
(c) Protected by law
(d) Causing litter and debris

3. What were Husk and Graham hoping for?
(a) Riches through uranium
(b) A nature experience
(c) A natural life for the boy
(d) A new wife

4. The only stream that flows perennially through the park is
(a) A babbling creek behind his trailer
(b) Pepper Creek
(c) Too salty to be potable
(d) A rushing stream of snow melt

5. Edward Abbey's garden is
(a) A flower garden in front of the porch
(b) A stand of locoweed
(c) A vegetable garden behind the trailer
(d) All that lies around him

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was the government interested in the Arches national park area?

2. Abbey wonders if a man could get used to

3. What kind of tool can detect the presence of uranium?

4. The government's attempt to transform Navajos to middle class Americans is called

5. In the middle of the day on the desert, most of the birds

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