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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 4 & 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the author, “New England was completely forested in 1620 and nearly deforested” how many years later?
(a) 150.
(b) 85.
(c) 120.
(d) 30.

2. According to the author in Chapter Two, “the most persecuted among the virtuous in nineteenth-century America were, besides peaceful Indians and runaway slaves and Mennonites and Quakers, the members of” what faith?
(a) The Jewish faith.
(b) The Mormon faith.
(c) The Christian Science faith.
(d) The Muslim faith.

3. The author describes flying over the state of Utah on his way back to California in what year in the Introduction?
(a) 1971.
(b) 1980.
(c) 1964.
(d) 1996.

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

5. What is the title of the book’s Introduction?
(a) Chinatown.
(b) Rivals in Crime.
(c) First Causes.
(d) A Semidesert with a Desert Heart.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Grand Coulee is an ancient riverbed in what U.S. state?

2. The population of San Francisco went over how many in 1853?

3. Where was Harry Chandler born?

4. The author states in the Introduction that California has the two biggest irrigation projects on earth, but its irrigated acreage is not much larger than what U.S. state?

5. For what organization was Marc Reisner a staff writer from 1972 to 1979?

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