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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4, Epilogue.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Approximately how thick is the fifth layer of the Grand Canyon?
(a) 200 feet.
(b) 500 feet.
(c) 50 feet.
(d) 1000 feet.
2. When Fletcher's idea was first fully formed, what doubts bugged him?
(a) What he would do about his diabetes while he was on his journey.
(b) How he would ask his boss for time off.
(c) No real doubts.
(d) How he would stay away from home so long.
3. What did Fletcher say would be different about how he would fit into society after his experience in the Grand Canyon?
(a) He was afraid he would not fit in well after spending so much time alone.
(b) He planned to camp outside the Canyon protesting tourists.
(c) He planned to live as a hermit.
(d) He thought he would be a better citizen because of his new insights.
4. What is the current age estimate of the sixth layer of the Grand Canyon?
(a) 500 thousand years.
(b) 20 thousand years.
(c) 475 million years.
(d) 800 million years.
5. 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) "A silence built of the seconds that had ticked away, eon after eon."
(b) "Not a silence at all but the beautiful noise of nature."
(c) "A silence established by an abundance of rock."
(d) "A silence of the future."
Short Answer Questions
1. What were two things Fletcher mentions could have made parts of his path impassable?
2. What was Fletcher afraid would be the most tragic loss for the Grand Canyon if the proposed water plan went through?
3. Whom does Fletcher describe at the beginning of "Chapter 3, Interlude?"
4. What does Fletcher say his book could become if the Grand Canyon was not protected?
5. What animal does Fletcher say lived in significant numbers in the area past the head of Forester Canyon?
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