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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Abbey describes the experience of noontime in the desert like
(a) A dark nightmare
(b) A religious experience
(c) An occult fantasy
(d) A psychedelic drug experience

2. A man is shouting from the shore to Abbey and Newcomb about
(a) Something the reader never learns
(b) Something important to Abbey and Newcomb
(c) Something private to Abbey and Newcomb
(d) How boaters are not allowed

3. What reigns in the desert on this late-spring day is
(a) The clean air
(b) The tourists
(c) The wind
(d) The sun

4. Abbey wants his readers to know that the desert is
(a) Unchanging
(b) Vulnerable
(c) Cruel
(d) Indifferent

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The difference between the desert and other geographic areas is its

2. Abbey's concerns about preserving wilderness in this chapter are connected with

3. The beautiful flower Larkspur can be

4. Abbey wishes that the tourists would get out of their vehicles and

5. Abbey studies the Colorado's tributaries on

Short Essay Questions

1. Do Abbey and Newcomb enjoy the "rapids" they encounter?

2. How does Abbey feel about leaving the desert and returning to the city?

3. Why does Abbey refer to himself as a true patriot?

4. Do you think Edward Abbey is a fanatic? Is his fear of a future dictatorial regime unfounded?

5. What is the difference between Abbey's heat waves and a mirage?

6. Abbey gives us two facts in the early part of this chapter that make it clear that this trip was taken in a decade long-past. What is it?

7. Why do you think Abbey wants to own Moon-Eye?

8. The trip down the Colorado for Abbey and Newcomb is blissful and idyllic. What, if any, is the dark side of this story?

9. Of what is Abbey reminded as he lay naked on top of Tukuhnikivats?

10. Abbey mentions thinking the unthinkable as he drives through the desert past the Arches headquarters. To what is he referring?

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