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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 10 & 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What from San Bernardino found their way to the 1884 World’s Fair in New Orleans, where they attracted crowds?
(a) Red Delicious apples.
(b) Valencia oranges.
(c) Himalayan blackberries.
(d) Bing cherries.

2. Floyd Dominy was Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner beginning in what year?
(a) 1959.
(b) 1938.
(c) 1967.
(d) 1945.

3. When did Francisco Vásquez de Coronado set out on horseback from Mexico with a couple of hundred men, driving into the uncharted North, according to the author in Chapter One?
(a) 1474.
(b) 1362.
(c) 1539.
(d) 1297.

4. According to the author in Chapter Three, regarding the Bureau of Reclamation, “The most auspicious event in its entire history was the election to the presidency in 1932 of a freewheeling, free-spending” what?
(a) Republican.
(b) Democrat.
(c) Libertarian.
(d) Patrician.

5. The Pine Flat Dam is located approximately twenty miles east of what city?
(a) Redding, California.
(b) Oakland, California.
(c) Truckee, California.
(d) Fresno, California.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year did Harry S. Truman assume the office of the U.S. Presidency?

2. In which year did Jimmy Carter begin his term as the 39th President of the United States?

3. According to the author in Chapter Eight, “The first serious doubts about the 7.5-million-acre-foot figure were raised bywhat distinguished hydrologic engineer at a conference in Washington, D.C., in 1953?

4. What was the population of Los Angeles when Harrison Gray Otis moved there?

5. Where was Harrison Gray Otis born?

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