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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long will it be before the supply truck returns?
(a) Two weeks.
(b) A month.
(c) Four days.
(d) Three weeks.

2. Why is Nuke's grazing permit rescinded?
(a) The land becomes a national park.
(b) He did not pay his yearly fees.
(c) He grazed too many species.
(d) He grazed too many cows.

3. Where does Rick fly in his dreams his second night?
(a) Over the mountains.
(b) Over the canyons.
(c) Over the detention center.
(d) No where in particular.

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

5. Who raised Rick until Rick was ten?
(a) His uncle.
(b) His grandmother.
(c) His mother.
(d) His sister.

6. What does Rick's social worker tell Rick to do?
(a) Apologize.
(b) Offer to do community service.
(c) Don't speak to the judge.
(d) Talk to his probation officer.

7. What state is the second car Rick gets a ride in from?
(a) Colorado.
(b) Oregon.
(c) Washington.
(d) Utah.

8. What kind of vehicle pulls into the camp?
(a) A motorcycle.
(b) A pick-up truck.
(c) A Humvee.
(d) A jeep.

9. How does Rick get outside the night he escapes?
(a) Through a window.
(b) Through an open door.
(c) Through a air conditioner grate.
(d) Out of a trap door in the attic.

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

11. 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.

12. What happened to Rick when he went over the fence?
(a) He cut his face.
(b) Nothing happened.
(c) He cut his hand.
(d) He ripped his jeans.

13. Where does Rick hide some food?
(a) In some rocks.
(b) Behind a cactus.
(c) Under a tree.
(d) In the stream.

14. What happens to the garden the librarian started for a project for the youths?
(a) It was ripped out.
(b) It died.
(c) Nothing.
(d) It was accidentally covered up by a tractor.

15. What does Rick hear on the radio in the second car?
(a) A song his mother used to sing.
(b) That the next day is Memorial Day.
(c) News about his escape.
(d) That a bad storm is coming.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rick see Lon doing?

2. What does Lon say is one of the dangers to condors?

3. What is Lon doing at the opening to chapter 11?

4. What does the judge think when Rick says he doesn't know why he did what he did?

5. Why might Lon be in trouble?

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