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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The Sierra Nevada foothills are how many miles across the Central Valley from San Francisco?
(a) 150.
(b) 35.
(c) 80.
(d) 225.

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

4. 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”?
(a) Viceroy Antonio de Mendoza.
(b) Marriner Stoddard Eccles.
(c) Lieutenant Joseph Christmas Ives.
(d) Franklin D. Roosevelt.

5. What does the author claim in the Introduction that, “because of their moisture requirements,” are our physiological counterparts in the kingdom of plants?
(a) Lichens.
(b) Trees.
(c) Mushrooms.
(d) Ferns.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were the two sheep-ranching Mormon brothers named who were captivated by the Boulder Canyon Project, according to the author in Chapter Four?

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

3. Where was John Wesley Powell 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. William Mulholland’s father held what profession?

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