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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Bijou Creek located?
(a) California.
(b) Colorado.
(c) Washington.
(d) Arizona.

2. In what year did Harry S. Truman assume the office of the U.S. Presidency?
(a) 1932.
(b) 1937.
(c) 1949.
(d) 1945.

3. 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?
(a) The Aquatic Revolution.
(b) The California Water Wars.
(c) The Urban Water Hoard.
(d) The Great Acquisition.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year did the Fontenelle Dam spring a big leak, according to the author in Chapter Eleven?

2. Who was Pat Brown’s water resources chief?

3. What is one of the four major prehistoric archaeological Oasisamerica traditions of what is now the American Southwest which the author describes in Chapter One?

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

5. In 1964, what Interior Secretary ordered Commissioner Floyd Dominy to investigate the number of violations occurring within the service area of the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California?

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