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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. According to the author in Chapter Three, regarding the Bureau of Reclamation, “The most auspicious event in its entire history was the election to the presidency in 1932 of a freewheeling, free-spending” what?
(a) Republican.
(b) Democrat.
(c) Libertarian.
(d) Patrician.

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

4. When was John Wesley Powell born?
(a) 1896.
(b) 1834.
(c) 1807.
(d) 1865.

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?
(a) C.W. Hollister.
(b) Emil Haury.
(c) Floyd Dominy.
(d) James Marshall.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the author, “New England was completely forested in 1620 and nearly deforested” how many years later?

2. Where was William Mulholland born?

3. In 1885, the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad linked Los Angeles directly with what city?

4. In 1848, what was the population of San Francisco?

5. What mountain range described in the Introduction stretches approximately 160 miles from the Utah-Idaho border, south through central Utah in the western United States?

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