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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 6 & 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the author in the Introduction, “Modern Utah, where large-scale irrigation has been going on longer than anywhere else,” has what percent of its land area under cultivation?
(a) 3.
(b) 39.
(c) 24.
(d) 12.

2. What mountain range described in the Introduction stretches approximately 160 miles from the Utah-Idaho border, south through central Utah in the western United States?
(a) The Cascade Range.
(b) The Sierra Nevada.
(c) The Brooks Range.
(d) The Wasatch Range.

3. The author describes flying over the state of Utah on his way back to California in what year in the Introduction?
(a) 1971.
(b) 1996.
(c) 1980.
(d) 1964.

4. Historically, the four rivers of Tulare Basin went into two terminal lakes, Tulare and what?
(a) Buena Vista Lake.
(b) Don Pedro Reservoir.
(c) Hetch Hetchy Reservoir.
(d) Shasta Lake.

5. What western city does the author describe “with exotic palms and golf-course lawns and a five-hundred-foot fountain and an artificial surf” in the Introduction?
(a) Bakersfield, California.
(b) Reno, Nevada.
(c) Phoenix, Arizona.
(d) Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what swank resort outside of Santa Fe, New Mexico, did the negotiation of the Colorado River Compact take place?

2. What were the two sheep-ranching Mormon brothers named who were captivated by the Boulder Canyon Project, according to the author in Chapter Four?

3. What region is located in southeastern Southern California, and is the site of an urban area largely centered on the city of El Centro?

4. When was the Bayano Dam built?

5. For what organization was Marc Reisner a staff writer from 1972 to 1979?

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