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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the population of San Francisco in 1851?
(a) 35,000.
(b) 12,000.
(c) 48,000.
(d) 27,000.

2. The Grand Coulee is an ancient riverbed in what U.S. state?
(a) Arizona.
(b) Montana.
(c) Colorado.
(d) Washington.

3. How long does the author say civilization had existed in Utah since Brigham Young led his followers there, in the Introduction?
(a) 134 years.
(b) 212 years.
(c) 328 years.
(d) 56 years.

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

5. The author begins Chapter Three by stating, “When archaeologists from some other planet sift through the bleached bones of our civilization, they may well conclude that our temples were” what?
(a) Deserts.
(b) Dams.
(c) Oceans.
(d) Rivers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Almost all of the rain in Napa Valley falls between which months?

2. William Mulholland’s father held what profession?

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

4. 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?

5. Who was to the man to “discover a malleable yellow rock in the tail race of Sutter’s Mill on the American River above Sacramento” in the 1800s,” according to the author in Chapter One?

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