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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What advice does Lon give Rick, who is nervous?
(a) To ask questions to show interest.
(b) He has no advice for Rick.
(c) Not to talk unless it is necessary.
(d) To be friendly and talkative so others will like him.

2. What does Rick encounter on his way back to the camp?
(a) A gila monster.
(b) A wounded condor.
(c) A restrained bald eagle.
(d) A rattlesnake.

3. Where is Rick at the opening to chapter 11?
(a) The airport.
(b) The landing zone.
(c) The canyon floor.
(d) The ranger station.

4. Where does Rick sit being afraid to go anywhere?
(a) In the study area.
(b) The TV room.
(c) In Killian's room.
(d) In the library.

5. To what area is Joe being transferred?
(a) Trinity River Wildlife Management, California.
(b) Mount Shasta, California.
(c) Olympia National Forest, Washington.
(d) Crater Lake, Oregon.

6. Why does Rick wonder how he is going to leave the desert?
(a) He sees the supply truck leave.
(b) It is too hot to walk.
(c) He does not know the right direction.
(d) He is afraid of the animals in the desert.

7. What does Lon do suddenly?
(a) Blow on a horn.
(b) Jump up and drive off.
(c) Run up a hill.
(d) Whistle into the air.

8. Into what canyon has proven impossible for Nuke to get his cattle?
(a) None.
(b) Jasper.
(c) Grand.
(d) Tochlen.

9. What dream does Rick have when he sleeps his first night in the desert?
(a) Drowning in the ocean.
(b) Seeing his mother and father.
(c) His flying dream from childhood.
(d) About being stuck on an ice berg.

10. What does Lon offer Rick in the beginning of Chapter 7?
(a) A book on birds.
(b) A hat.
(c) A knife.
(d) Food.

11. How many foster homes was Rick in his first four years in foster care?
(a) Six.
(b) Four.
(c) Eight.
(d) Three.

12. Where is the car from that picks up Rick?
(a) California.
(b) Wyoming.
(c) Utah.
(d) New Mexico.

13. What is the land on which the camp is located called?
(a) Canyonlands National Park.
(b) Blue Canyon Buttes.
(c) Badlands State Forest.
(d) It has no name.

14. What does the man do with the truck Rick was driving?
(a) Gives it to Rick.
(b) Parks it and takes the keys.
(c) Continues driving up the mountain.
(d) Takes it back to camp.

15. How old was his grandmother when she died?
(a) 55.
(b) 45.
(c) 52.
(d) 47.

Short Answer Questions

1. What relation does Lon claim regarding Lon when Lon is introduced to Joe?

2. How many adult condors are alive?

3. When will the man at the camp be leaving?

4. How does Rick get his third ride?

5. What is the only thing Rick knows about himself?

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