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

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) Jedediah Smith’s.
(b) James Marshall’s.
(c) C.W. Hollister’s.
(d) Henry J. Kaiser’s.

2. What is one of the largest and hottest deserts in North America, with an area of 311,000 square kilometers?
(a) The Gila Desert.
(b) The Sonoran Desert.
(c) The Sahara Desert.
(d) The Gobi Desert.

3. The Grand Coulee is an ancient riverbed in what U.S. state?
(a) Montana.
(b) Washington.
(c) Colorado.
(d) Arizona.

4. Floyd Dominy was Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner until what year?
(a) 1942.
(b) 1983.
(c) 1969.
(d) 1977.

5. The drop to the Colorado River is nearly how many feet?
(a) 13,000.
(b) 5,000.
(c) 9,400.
(d) 7,600.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was the revised and updated version of Desert: The American West and Its Disappearing Water published?

2. In what year was the Boulder Dam authorized and the All-American Canal on the condition that at least six of the seven states ratify the compact?

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

4. When did Harrison Gray Otis move to Santa Barbara, California?

5. In what year was the legislation on the Hoover Dam passed?

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