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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15 Tukuhnikivats, the Island in the Desert.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Abbey says, after a million years of neglect,
(a) The Park has worn down to nothing
(b) The sandstone arches have dissolved
(c) Progress has come to the Arches
(d) People have taken all the animals from the wilderness

2. Abbey compares cultures of Indians and cowboys in that
(a) Both are thriving in the face of adversity
(b) Both originated in the old West
(c) They continue to fight among themselves
(d) Both are reduced to providng a curiosity for tourists

3. Where once in the Arches Park there were only used newspapers to catch up on the news,
(a) There are now televisions in recreational vehicles
(b) There is a computerized subway
(c) There is a local newscaster at the station
(d) There is a movie theatre

4. The yucca plant is pollinated by
(a) A hummingbird
(b) A bee
(c) A butterfly
(d) A moth

5. Abbey sees the value of wilderness, in a political sense, as
(a) A base for resistance to central domination
(b) An escape from the city for industry workers
(c) A remote place for the govenrment to set up new programs
(d) A military mecca

Short Answer Questions

1. Major John Wesley Powell was the first to

2. Abbey feels the only real paradise is

3. The pika is an animal that lives and feeds on

4. Floating through the rapids leaves the two boaters

5. Abbey describes the voice of the desert

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