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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter VII, The Canyon of Lodore.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What task did Powell describe in detail in the beginning of Chapter VII?
(a) Navigating rapids and falls.
(b) Starting a fire.
(c) Skinning a bear.
(d) Setting up camp.

2. Fill in the following from Chapter II: "The Navajos are ____________ in this country."
(a) Citizens.
(b) Visitors.
(c) Intruders.
(d) Natives.

3. What is the river like in the Canyon of Lodore?
(a) Fast moving current.
(b) Calm water.
(c) Rapids.
(d) Sandbars.

4. What kind of homes did the Tewan Indians build?
(a) Teepees.
(b) Pueblos.
(c) Masonry.
(d) Cliff dwellings.

5. Where do the Basin Range Province Waters flow?
(a) The Uinta River.
(b) Yellowstone Park.
(c) The Colorado River
(d) Salt Lakes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the Terrace Plateaus not have?

2. Why did the men stop on May 25th?

3. When did Powell first visit the Colorado territory?

4. Which Indian tribes inhabited the area from Fremont's Peak to the UIinta Mountains?

5. Powell compared the Terrace Plateaus to what?

(see the answer key)

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