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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When did the American Revolutionary War end?
(a) 1945.
(b) 1783.
(c) 1823.
(d) 1902.

3. In 1954, there were how many irrigation wells in all of West Texas?
(a) 27,983.
(b) 71,329.
(c) 39,518.
(d) 14,207.

4. Who represented Sam Rayburn’s old district, and whose interest in water projects would elevate him to chairman of the House Public Works Committee?
(a) Ray Roberts.
(b) Jim Casey.
(c) Raymond Hill.
(d) Jimmy Carter.

5. What is the title of Chapter Three?
(a) “The Red Queen.”
(b) “Things Fall Apart.”
(c) “A Country of Illusion.”
(d) “First Causes.”

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the population of Phoenix, Arizona, in 1960?

2. How much of the water in California is used for irrigation purposes, according to the author?

3. How many major dams does the author say California has in the Introduction?

4. The Sierra Nevada foothills are how many miles across the Central Valley from San Francisco?

5. According to the author, “[Ronald] Reagan, as a westerner, should have been a friend of dams, but he was growing more conservative by the hour, and true conservatives tend to dislike” what?

(see the answer key)

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