Desert Solitaire Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 134 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Desert Solitaire Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 134 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Wood is petrified by
(a) Salt springs erosion
(b) Quicksand
(c) Hot silica-bearing waters
(d) Pressure from cold springs

2. Abbey calls the rampant development of national parks
(a) Nationalism
(b) Restitution
(c) Industrial Tourism
(d) Reclamation

3. The small cloud on Abbey's horizon is
(a) Prostitutes
(b) Homebrew
(c) Progress
(d) Unemployment

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

5. Why did Roy Scobie need to round up his cattle?
(a) To get a grazing permit
(b) To get them to a cooler, higher altitude
(c) To prepare them for slaughter
(d) They have depeleted their pasture of food

6. Edward's new home is a simple
(a) Mobile Home
(b) Trailer
(c) Tent
(d) Camper

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

8. Who comes out ahead in Abbey's story about Husk and Graham?
(a) Mr. Graham
(b) Mrs. Husk
(c) Billy-Joe
(d) Mr. Husk

9. Abbey had no fear of drowning in the Havasupai Canyon floor's stream because
(a) It was only a mirage
(b) It was only ankle deep
(c) It was salty and made him bouyant
(d) He intended to drink it all

10. Edward Abbey's solution to preventing rattlesnakes is
(a) To capture and domesticate a gopher snake
(b) To feed them the mice in his trailer
(c) To scare them away with his walking stick
(d) To shoot them with his British Webley .45

11. The unexpected guests in Edward's new home include
(a) Insects
(b) Bats
(c) Spiders
(d) Mice

12. Besides money, a reason for developing the parks is
(a) The cities are growing rapidly
(b) To explore the minerals and ores in the ground
(c) To allow closer inspection of nature
(d) To accommodate a burgeoning population

13. Just before he heard a jeep approaching, Abbey saw a
(a) Group of deer
(b) A grisly bear
(c) A cougar
(d) A mouse

14. The government's attempt to transform Navajos to middle class Americans is called
(a) Adjustment
(b) Elitism
(c) Assimilation
(d) Prejudice

15. Abbey wonders if a man could get used to
(a) Going without water
(b) Melting snow for water
(c) Drinking from Salt Creek
(d) Digging for water

Short Answer Questions

1. April mornings in the desert are

2. Natural springs that seep through canyon walls are

3. The Moab Valley in the distance lies between

4. Since the visit from the government workers, The Arches Park has

5. Much of the fauna growing near Abbey's trailer is

(see the answer keys)

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