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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why was the government interested in the Arches national park area?
(a) Its wealth of silver mines
(b) Death Valley is a high security area for testing
(c) It is a source of uranium
(d) It provides a natural bridge to the east

2. What does Abbey feel is lost with the looting of the forests' natural treasures?
(a) Homes for wildlife
(b) A sense of prosperity
(c) Human delight
(d) Protection from erosion

3. Abbey speculates that the mourning doves' call may be
(a) A wish to make contact with the wolves
(b) A brooding meditation on space and solitude
(c) A warning that there is a human nearby
(d) A mournful call to some other dimension

4. We learn that Abbey has a real dislike for
(a) Rabbits
(b) Snakes
(c) Red ants
(d) Wind

5. Any cow found without a brand
(a) Is left for the next rancher
(b) Is taken immediately to the slaughterhouse
(c) Is put in a corral of strays
(d) Belongs to the finder

6. A medicinal property of the buckbrush is that of
(a) Saponaria
(b) Disinfectant
(c) Quinine
(d) Mint

7. The clarity of the desert is illustrated in the desert's flora and fauna
(a) The uncrowded openness
(b) The heat and rock
(c) The danger in the plant forms
(d) The lack of life

8. The locals in Moab's bars do not become violent, perhaps because
(a) They are afraid of one another
(b) They are humbled by nature
(c) They are good Mormons
(d) The beer is weak

9. The difference between Navajos and other poverty-stricken cultures is
(a) They are overseen by the BIA
(b) They are inadequate by national standards
(c) They must report their medical services to the government
(d) Their population growth is monitored by the state

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

11. Abbey is paid a visit by
(a) Firemen from the nearby forest
(b) Rangers from the Forest Service
(c) The local water delivery company
(d) Other Parks Service employees

12. Edward wants to stop attributing human qualities to nature, which is called
(a) Anthropomorphism
(b) Personification
(c) Metamophization
(d) Characterization

13. Roy Scobie is known for being frugal with
(a) Time
(b) Water
(c) Food
(d) Wives

14. To spend time outside the trailer, Abbey builds
(a) A hut
(b) A patio
(c) A deck
(d) A ramada

15. West of the Mississippi, Abbey says the cult of "cowboyism" is growing as fast as
(a) The disappearance of cattle herding
(b) The population of buffalo
(c) The local Indian reservations
(d) The counter culture

Short Answer Questions

1. We learn that Abbey was raised

2. Ten miles away past the highway, Abbey can see

3. Who comes out ahead in Abbey's story about Husk and Graham?

4. Where once in the Arches Park there were only used newspapers to catch up on the news,

5. Indian artifacts in the national forest are

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