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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 state capital of Utah?
(a) Ogden.
(b) Salt Lake City.
(c) Provo.
(d) Moab.

2. 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) James Marshall’s.
(d) Henry J. Kaiser’s.

3. The author describes a restaurant at which hotel in Clayton, Georgia, in the beginning of Chapter Nine?
(a) The Dillard Motor Hotel.
(b) The Bellingham Hotel.
(c) The Davis Lodge.
(d) The Richardson Motor Lodge.

4. Who did Charles Rockwood convince to join forces with him in irrigation, according to the author in Chapter Four?
(a) Michael Robinson.
(b) Bill Warne.
(c) George Chaffey.
(d) N.H. Darton.

5. What is the title of Chapter Six?
(a) “The Peanut Farmer and the Pork Barrel.”
(b) “Dominy.”
(c) “Rivals in Crime.”
(d) “Things Fall Apart.”

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the author refer to as “horse-drawn Fresnoscraper kind of contractor” in Chapter Four?

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

3. The negotiation of the Colorado River Compact took place in what year, under the guidance of Commerce Secretary Herbert Hoover?

4. When did the American Revolutionary War begin?

5. Which Texas historian wrote an article for Harper’s entitled “The American West, Perpetual Mirage”?

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