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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year did Marc Reisner die?
(a) 1977.
(b) 2000.
(c) 1992.
(d) 2007.

2. The Reclamation Act was authored by what U.S. Representative?
(a) Jim Casey.
(b) Raymond Hill.
(c) Barry Goldwater.
(d) Francis G. Newlands.

3. What handpicked Fresno legislature member once referred to groundwater regulation as “World War III”?
(a) Harry Morrison.
(b) Ken Maddy.
(c) Ray Roberts.
(d) Cordell Hull.

4. In 1848, what was the population of San Francisco?
(a) 9,000.
(b) 800.
(c) 4,500.
(d) 2,500.

5. 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) C.W. Hollister’s.
(c) Henry J. Kaiser’s.
(d) James Marshall’s.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much of the water in California is used for irrigation purposes, according to the author?

2. How many acres of marsh and swamp forest were converted to farms in Arkansas and Louisiana, according to the author in the Introduction?

3. The author described the Gross National Product of California to be what in Chapter Ten?

4. Harry Morrison and Morris Knudsen, two engineers formerly with the Bureau of Reclamation, went into business together where, according to the author in Chapter Four?

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

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