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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For what organization was Marc Reisner a staff writer from 1972 to 1979?
(a) The World Wildlife Fund.
(b) The Natural Resources Defense Council.
(c) The Sierra Club.
(d) The Nature Conservancy.

2. When was Harrison Gray Otis born?
(a) 1879.
(b) 1837.
(c) 1908.
(d) 1856.

3. Almost all of the rain in Napa Valley falls between which months?
(a) March to July.
(b) May to September.
(c) August to December.
(d) November to March.

4. Where was John Wesley Powell born?
(a) Akron, Ohio.
(b) Gary, Indiana.
(c) Mount Morris, New York.
(d) Aurora, Illinois.

5. When did Francisco Vásquez de Coronado set out on horseback from Mexico with a couple of hundred men, driving into the uncharted North, according to the author in Chapter One?
(a) 1539.
(b) 1474.
(c) 1362.
(d) 1297.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the population of Los Angeles when Harrison Gray Otis moved there?

2. When was William Mulholland born?

3. When did Harrison Gray Otis move to Santa Barbara, California?

4. 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?

5. What is the title of Chapter Three?

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