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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. John Wesley Powell figured that if you evenly distributed all of the surface water flowing between the Columbia River and the Gulf of Mexico, you would have what?
(a) Astounding yields on farms covering a quarter of the country.
(b) A desert almost indistinguishable from what is there today.
(c) Lush green pastures as far as the eye can see.
(d) The most productive agricultural system the world has ever seen.

3. From whom did Harrison Gray Otis purchase the Santa Barbara Press?
(a) Robert Caro.
(b) James Marshall.
(c) Barry Goldwater.
(d) C.W. Hollister.

4. When was Marc Reisner born?
(a) 1948.
(b) 1934.
(c) 1955.
(d) 1963.

5. According to the author in the Introduction, “Modern Utah, where large-scale irrigation has been going on longer than anywhere else,” has what percent of its land area under cultivation?
(a) 12.
(b) 39.
(c) 24.
(d) 3.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was John Wesley Powell born?

2. The author describes flying over the state of Utah on his way back to California in what year in the Introduction?

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

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

5. The first boom of travelers to Los Angeles culminated in what year, according to the author in Chapter Two?

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