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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 10 & 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the motto of the Corps of Engineers?
(a) “Rearranging Nature.”
(b) “Building Tomorrow Today.”
(c) “Strength through Infrastructure.”
(d) “Our Way or the Highway.”

2. In 1962, there were how many megawatts of installed hydroelectric generating capacity in the United States?
(a) 112,564.
(b) 66,238.
(c) 14,595.
(d) 37,342.

3. When was Harrison Gray Otis born?
(a) 1856.
(b) 1879.
(c) 1837.
(d) 1908.

4. According to Major General William F. Cassidy, how many acres of cultivated land were there per person in the 1890s?
(a) 77.
(b) 24.
(c) 2.
(d) 41.

5. In what year did the Fontenelle Dam spring a big leak, according to the author in Chapter Eleven?
(a) 1965.
(b) 1958.
(c) 1988.
(d) 1974.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Harry S. Truman born?

2. When was William Mulholland born?

3. Which mountains separate southern California from the San Joaquin Valley?

4. What was the population of Los Angeles when Harrison Gray Otis moved there?

5. When did the American Revolutionary War end?

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