2. The author states in Chapter Two, “Brigham Young dispatched a party of his most loyal disciples, in 1851 to follow whose old route to the coast?
(a) Henry J. Kaiser’s.
(b) C.W. Hollister’s.
(c) Jedediah Smith’s.
(d) James Marshall’s.

3. When was the revised and updated version of Desert: The American West and Its Disappearing Water published?
(a) 1985.
(b) 1999.
(c) 1979.
(d) 1993.

4. The annual income of Las Vegas is what percentage of the entire gross national product of Egypt, according to the author in Chapter Four?
(a) 40%.
(b) 25%.
(c) 5%.
(d) 10%.

5. When was William Mulholland born?
(a) 1823.
(b) 1907.
(c) 1892.
(d) 1855.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. In what year did Charles Rockwood see the Colorado River for the first time?

3. How many acres of marsh and swamp forest were converted to farms in Arkansas and Louisiana, according to the author in the Introduction?

4. Who does the author refer to as “horse-drawn Fresnoscraper kind of contractor” in Chapter Four?

5. The drop to the Colorado River is nearly how many feet?

(see the answer key)

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