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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Abbey suggests to Waterman that, perhaps, like a German poet, we humans
(a) Do not exist without names
(b) Become more concerned with the naming than the things named
(c) Are unchangeable
(d) Become lost in our thoughts

2. Abbey's reaction to the man's manner of death is one of
(a) Revulsion at the sight
(b) Anger for his carelessness
(c) Congratulatory envy
(d) Fear of going the same way

3. Abbey's campsite is
(a) An empty spot in a grassy field
(b) A place he has never seen before
(c) One erected previously
(d) A fireplace built by Native Americans

4. In late summer the quietness, or somnolence of the desert leaves Abbey feeling
(a) Hungry for the ocean
(b) Tired of the heat
(c) A certain madness
(d) Haunted by voices

5. The group's reactions after the man is taken away involve
(a) Sad silence
(b) Relief and humor
(c) An introspective meditation
(d) Raucous partying

6. The desert flowers in the month of May have
(a) Been overwatered and are drowning
(b) Flourished and are thriving
(c) Finally blossomed
(d) Withered and gone to seed

7. Moon Eye, the wild horse, has been living alone for
(a) A year
(b) Six months
(c) Fifteen years
(d) Ten years

8. Abbey's exploration of the Maze with Bob Waterman is
(a) Impulsive
(b) Dangerous
(c) Haphazard
(d) Ironic

9. A large influx of tourists to the park is marked by
(a) Fourth of July
(b) Memorial Day
(c) The end of spring
(d) Labor Day

10. The cabin Abbey slept in appears to be
(a) Full of rats
(b) Full of bats
(c) Haunted
(d) Condemned

11. Abbey decides to climb Tukuhnikivats
(a) With his horse
(b) By himself
(c) With his camping partner
(d) In his pickup

12. 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 military mecca
(d) A remote place for the govenrment to set up new programs

13. Beyond the timberline Abbey observes
(a) Gathering stom clouds
(b) The pine forest
(c) Heavy snow
(d) The alpenglow

14. Abbey wishes that the tourists would get out of their vehicles and
(a) Buy some lunch
(b) Walk on the land
(c) Have a Coke
(d) Drink from the streams

15. Mackie would rather be rich than work for Scobie. If he were, he would
(a) Buy his own cows
(b) Hire someone like himself
(c) Buy Scobie out
(d) Live back in Moab

Short Answer Questions

1. All creatures in the desert at this time of year

2. The Havsupai are by nature

3. Abbey and Newcomb are in denial about the

4. Abbey feels the only real paradise is

5. Abbey has been promised by a Mormon woman that he

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