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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Doc warn the group a Jeep is driving up the path?
(a) He fires a gun.
(b) He hoots his horn.
(c) He whistles.
(d) He howls.

2. In what war did Abbey serve?
(a) World War II.
(b) Vietnam.
(c) Korea.
(d) Iraq.

3. What does Seldom Seen pray for God to start?
(a) An earthquake.
(b) A rainstorm.
(c) A thunderstorm.
(d) A hurricane.

4. For what did a police officer once incorrectly arrest Hayduke?
(a) Racial hatred.
(b) Speeding.
(c) Intoxicaton.
(d) Indecent Exposure.

5. What does a man ask to borrow from the group?
(a) Wire cutters.
(b) A hammer.
(c) A saw.
(d) Bolt cutters.

6. What do Hayduke and Seldom Seen set fire to at Burr Pass?
(a) A bulldozer.
(b) An oil tanker.
(c) A truck.
(d) A crane.

7. What does Hayduke do as he drives around the desert?
(a) Burns down billboards.
(b) Drinks.
(c) Gambles.
(d) Burns down bridges.

8. What does Doc Sarvis like to burn down?
(a) Sheds.
(b) Police stations.
(c) Houses.
(d) Billboards.

9. Who does Seldom Seen see through his field glasses?
(a) An FBI agent.
(b) A naked man.
(c) A naked woman.
(d) A police officer.

10. Where does Hayduke want the explosives to go off?
(a) The loading towers.
(b) The engine room.
(c) The coal mines.
(d) The canteen.

11. What are geophones used to scout?
(a) Eco-terroists.
(b) Land for development.
(c) Good weather for construction work.
(d) Shallow lakes.

12. Who usually arrives 15 minutes after Sarvis has burned down the billboards?
(a) The police.
(b) The advertisers
(c) The billboard owners.
(d) The highway commissioners.

13. What does Smith throw at Hayduke to awaken him from a nightmare?
(a) A shoe.
(b) A tape.
(c) A stone.
(d) A stick of dynamite.

14. To what city did Edward Abbey hitchhike?
(a) New York.
(b) Seattle.
(c) San Francisco.
(d) Chicago.

15. Where does the group drop off Doc Sarvis and Abbzug?
(a) A Waffle House.
(b) Denny's.
(c) The airport.
(d) The train station.

Short Answer Questions

1. From what country has Hayduke just returned?

2. Who is the only person Doc says he has ever loved?

3. What has Doc Sarvis named his task of burning billboards?

4. What kind of car does Hayduke steal?

5. What character in the novel does Abbey base on the leader of a real environmental group?

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