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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 2 & 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The author states in Chapter Two, “Brigham Young dispatched a party of his most loyal disciples, in 1851 to follow whose old route to the coast?
(a) Henry J. Kaiser’s.
(b) C.W. Hollister’s.
(c) Jedediah Smith’s.
(d) James Marshall’s.

2. From whom did Harrison Gray Otis purchase the Santa Barbara Press?
(a) Barry Goldwater.
(b) C.W. Hollister.
(c) Robert Caro.
(d) James Marshall.

3. How many acres of marsh and swamp forest were converted to farms in Arkansas and Louisiana, according to the author in the Introduction?
(a) 25 million.
(b) 9 million.
(c) 3 million.
(d) 60 million.

4. When was Marc Reisner born?
(a) 1955.
(b) 1948.
(c) 1934.
(d) 1963.

5. Almost all of the rain in Napa Valley falls between which months?
(a) March to July.
(b) November to March.
(c) August to December.
(d) May to September.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name given to the principal hydrological divide of the Americas that separates the watersheds which drain into the Pacific Ocean?

2. What were a series of conflicts between the city of Los Angeles, farmers and ranchers in the Owens Valley of Eastern California, and environmentalists called?

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

4. When was Harrison Gray Otis born?

5. The author describes flying over the state of Utah on his way back to California in what year in the Introduction?

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