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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 was the population of Los Angeles when Harrison Gray Otis moved there?
(a) 22,000.
(b) 29,000.
(c) 12,500.
(d) 5,000.

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

3. At what swank resort outside of Santa Fe, New Mexico, did the negotiation of the Colorado River Compact take place?
(a) Mesa Verde Lodge.
(b) Desert Oasis Hotel and Spa.
(c) Thirty Palms Resort.
(d) Bishop’s Lodge.

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

5. Who, according to the author, was the unlikeliest commissioner the Bureau ever had?
(a) Mike Strauss.
(b) Ray Roberts.
(c) Robert Caro.
(d) Raymond Hill.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Harrison Gray Otis born?

2. When did Harrison Gray Otis move to Santa Barbara, California?

3. In what year was the Boulder Dam authorized and the All-American Canal on the condition that at least six of the seven states ratify the compact?

4. Which states are touched by the Colorado River?

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

(see the answer key)

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