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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12 & Epilogue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year did Charles Rockwood see the Colorado River for the first time?
(a) 1919.
(b) 1926.
(c) 1892.
(d) 1903.

2. Who was to the man to “discover a malleable yellow rock in the tail race of Sutter’s Mill on the American River above Sacramento” in the 1800s,” according to the author in Chapter One?
(a) James Marshall.
(b) C.W. Hollister.
(c) Floyd Dominy.
(d) Emil Haury.

3. According to the author in Chapter Ten, “Figures for 1946, published in a Senate report on the acreage limitation, reveal that Standard Oil owned” how many acres in the probable CVP service area?
(a) 24,481.
(b) 267,532.
(c) 79,844.
(d) 124,975.

4. The author begins Chapter Three by stating, “When archaeologists from some other planet sift through the bleached bones of our civilization, they may well conclude that our temples were” what?
(a) Deserts.
(b) Dams.
(c) Oceans.
(d) Rivers.

5. Who wrote Deserts on the March?
(a) Paul Sears.
(b) James Marshall.
(c) Francis G. Newlands.
(d) Floyd Dominy.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the author in Chapter Ten, “In Kern County, where the depth to groundwater is much greater, farmers who had pumped from 275 feet during World War II were pumping from 460 feet by” what year?

2. The Kern County Land Company was originally put together by James Ben Ali Haggin and who?

3. Which Texas historian wrote an article for Harper’s entitled “The American West, Perpetual Mirage”?

4. What from San Bernardino found their way to the 1884 World’s Fair in New Orleans, where they attracted crowds?

5. The annual income of Las Vegas is what percentage of the entire gross national product of Egypt, according to the author in Chapter Four?

(see the answer key)

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