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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Parts 1 and 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does "Part 1, The Place" begin?
(a) With facts about the Grand Canyon.
(b) With information on traveling through Arizona.
(c) With advice on hiking.
(d) With facts about tourist destinations in the United States.

2. Who says, "I do not think I ever really considered that things might go seriously wrong"?
(a) William Wallace Bass.
(b) Colin Fletcher.
(c) John Wesley Powell.
(d) Lorenzo Sinyala.

3. Fletcher says while studying the Grand Canyon he realized the silence there was not a timeless one as he first thought. How does he define it instead?
(a) "Not a silence at all but the beautiful noise of nature."
(b) "A silence of the future."
(c) "A silence built of the seconds that had ticked away, eon after eon."
(d) "A silence established by an abundance of rock."

4. What are hanging terraces?
(a) Narrow sloping ledges.
(b) Walkways without guardrails
(c) Porches at the Grand Canyon National Park Office that hang over the canyon.
(d) Hanging gardens.

5. How did Fletcher redefine the path of his trip?
(a) From "through the Canyon" to "around the Rim."
(b) From "one end of the Grand Canyon to the other" to "one end of the Grand Canyon National Park to the other."
(c) From "through the Canyon" to "to the Canyon floor and back."
(d) From "around the Rim" to "along the Colorado River."

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Fletcher say he saw even before he came close to the Grand Canyon?

2. What were some of the plans for his trip that Fletcher details in "Part 2, The Dream?"

3. What was the approximate depth of the Grand Canyon at the time the book was written?

4. How long after he saw the Grand Canyon for the first time did Fletcher begin his trip?

5. If he were to realize his dream, what would Fletcher accomplish?

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