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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Bijou Creek located?
(a) Arizona.
(b) Washington.
(c) Colorado.
(d) California.

2. What western city does the author describe “with exotic palms and golf-course lawns and a five-hundred-foot fountain and an artificial surf” in the Introduction?
(a) Bakersfield, California.
(b) Albuquerque, New Mexico.
(c) Phoenix, Arizona.
(d) Reno, Nevada.

3. In which year does the author state “the Bureau of Reclamation was just beginning its detailed feasibility investigations of the Kings and Kern River projects”?
(a) 1945.
(b) 1963.
(c) 1937.
(d) 1919.

4. When was Marriner Stoddard Eccles born?
(a) 1890.
(b) 1908.
(c) 1876.
(d) 1843.

5. In his budget request for fiscal year 1945, FDR included a request of how much money to permit the Bureau to begin work on the Kings River?
(a) $5 million.
(b) $8 million.
(c) $1 million.
(d) $3 million.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the title of the book’s Introduction?

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

3. The dedication ceremony of the Hoover Dam drew approximately how many people?

4. What was the population of Phoenix, Arizona, in 1940?

5. The negotiation of the Colorado River Compact took place in what year, under the guidance of Commerce Secretary Herbert Hoover?

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