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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 California Aqueduct begins at what location?
(a) Shasta Dam
(b) Oroville Dam.
(c) Folsom Dam.
(d) New Bullards Bar Dam.

2. What region is located in southeastern Southern California, and is the site of an urban area largely centered on the city of El Centro?
(a) Silicon Valley.
(b) The San Joaquin Valley.
(c) The Sacramento Valley.
(d) Imperial Valley.

3. The negotiation of the Colorado River Compact took place in what year, under the guidance of Commerce Secretary Herbert Hoover?
(a) 1922.
(b) 1958.
(c) 1900.
(d) 1885.

4. The first boom of travelers to Los Angeles culminated in what year, according to the author in Chapter Two?
(a) 1933.
(b) 1905.
(c) 1889.
(d) 1920.

5. Where was Harry Chandler born?
(a) Marquette, Michigan.
(b) Akron, Ohio.
(c) Arco, Idaho.
(d) Landaff, New Hampshire.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who, according to the author, was the unlikeliest commissioner the Bureau ever had?

2. In which year did Jimmy Carter begin his term as the 39th President of the United States?

3. John Wesley Powell figured that if you evenly distributed all of the surface water flowing between the Columbia River and the Gulf of Mexico, you would have what?

4. The author states in Chapter Ten that “In eighty-two years, the Bureau would see the breakup of only one major illegal landholding through to the end” What company was this?

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

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