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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12 Down the River.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The story of Husk, Graham and Billy-Joe is obviously
(a) An experience Abbey personally had
(b) A fairy tale, at best
(c) A detailed account of a local legend
(d) Heavily embellished by Abbey

2. Edward Abbey is living in isolation,
(a) A hundred miles from his home
(b) Fifty miles from the city
(c) Five miles from the ranger station
(d) Twenty miles from another human

3. Abbey describes the scene he observes as
(a) One of God's miracles
(b) A tapestry of rocks and dirt
(c) A monstrous and inhuman spectacle
(d) A barren wasteland

4. Edward is able to hear, but not see
(a) Canyon wrens and mourning doves
(b) Distant hawks
(c) Mice and rats
(d) Highway traffic

5. Delicate Arch has been eroded by
(a) Human feet climbing the Arch
(b) Machinery working around the Arch
(c) Animals inhabiting the Arch
(d) Rain pounding the Arch

Short Answer Questions

1. We learn that Abbey was raised

2. Viviano's English is about fifty percent

3. Besides money, a reason for developing the parks is

4. A medicinal property of the buckbrush is that of

5. Edward wants to stop attributing human qualities to nature, which is called

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