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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 2 & 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the author in the Introduction, “Modern Utah, where large-scale irrigation has been going on longer than anywhere else,” has what percent of its land area under cultivation?
(a) 12.
(b) 3.
(c) 39.
(d) 24.

2. How many acres of marsh and swamp forest were converted to farms in Arkansas and Louisiana, according to the author in the Introduction?
(a) 9 million.
(b) 3 million.
(c) 25 million.
(d) 60 million.

3. According to the author in the Introduction, “On the east side of the Sierra-Cascade crest, moisture drops immediately from as much as 150 inches of precipitation on the western slope to as little as” how many inches on the eastern slope?
(a) 4.
(b) 22.
(c) 13.
(d) 38.

4. The population of San Francisco went over how many in 1853?
(a) 50,000.
(b) 100,000.
(c) 75,000.
(d) 150,000.

5. What was the population of Los Angeles when Harrison Gray Otis moved there?
(a) 5,000.
(b) 29,000.
(c) 22,000.
(d) 12,500.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Marc Reisner born?

2. What river is known as the River of No Return?

3. Where was Harry Chandler born?

4. William Mulholland’s father held what profession?

5. What is the state capital of Utah?

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