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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many acres of marsh and swamp forest were converted to farms in Arkansas and Louisiana, according to the author in the Introduction?
(a) 9 million.
(b) 60 million.
(c) 3 million.
(d) 25 million.

2. The first boom of travelers to Los Angeles culminated in what year, according to the author in Chapter Two?
(a) 1933.
(b) 1905.
(c) 1920.
(d) 1889.

3. Who wrote the authorized history titled Water for the West?
(a) Michael Robinson.
(b) W. H. Wattis.
(c) Jim Wright.
(d) Floyd Dominy.

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

5. Who does the author refer to as “an egomaniacal small-time construction tycoon” in Chapter Four?
(a) Wayne Wyatt.
(b) Henry J. Kaiser.
(c) James Marshall.
(d) W. A. Bechtel.

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator states in Chapter Four that “If the Colorado River suddenly stopped flowing, you would have” how many “years of carryover capacity in the reservoirs before you had to evacuate most of southern California and Arizona and a good portion of Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming”?

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

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

4. When was Harrison Gray Otis born?

5. Who is quoted in the beginning of Chapter Four as stating, “Ours was the first and will doubtless be the last party of whites to visit this profitless locale”?

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