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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 8 & 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Harrison Gray Otis move to Santa Barbara, California?
(a) 1924.
(b) 1876.
(c) 1855.
(d) 1911.

2. In what year did Franklin D. Roosevelt take office as President of the United States?
(a) 1928.
(b) 1933.
(c) 1941.
(d) 1946.

3. What was the population of San Francisco in 1851?
(a) 27,000.
(b) 35,000.
(c) 12,000.
(d) 48,000.

4. When was the Bayano Dam built?
(a) 1983.
(b) 1976.
(c) 1920.
(d) 1944.

5. In what year was the Corps of Engineers officially christened with its current name?
(a) 1817.
(b) 1877.
(c) 1859.
(d) 1794.

Short Answer Questions

1. A letter is quoted in Chapter One from Francisco Vásquez de Coronado to whom?

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

3. In 1952, when Los Angeles built a second battery of pumps at the head of its aqueduct, California’s diversion climbed toward how many acre-feet?

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

5. From whom did Harrison Gray Otis purchase the Santa Barbara Press?

(see the answer key)

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