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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When was John Wesley Powell born?
(a) 1865.
(b) 1807.
(c) 1896.
(d) 1834.

3. When was Marc Reisner born?
(a) 1934.
(b) 1955.
(c) 1948.
(d) 1963.

4. In 1885, the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad linked Los Angeles directly with what city?
(a) New York City.
(b) Kansas City.
(c) Boston.
(d) Chicago.

5. The first boom of travelers to Los Angeles culminated in what year, according to the author in Chapter Two?
(a) 1905.
(b) 1920.
(c) 1889.
(d) 1933.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were the two sheep-ranching Mormon brothers named who were captivated by the Boulder Canyon Project, according to the author in Chapter Four?

2. The population of San Francisco went over how many in 1853?

3. Who wrote the authorized history titled Water for the West?

4. For what organization was Marc Reisner a staff writer from 1972 to 1979?

5. How long does the author say civilization had existed in Utah since Brigham Young led his followers there, in the Introduction?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the author of the book. What relevant professional experience does Reisner have to ecology?

2. What did Arizona do in response to California’s challenge for the Colorado River?

3. How did William Mulholland’s character and career develop in his later years?

4. How was Cadillac Desert received upon its first publication?

5. What initially led to the struggles over the Colorado River?

6. What publication does the author describe which was written by John Wesley Powell?

7. What impressions did the first Europeans to discover the American West have of the environment?

8. What reaction did the public and lawmakers have to the advice of John Wesley Powell regarding settlement in the West? What was the result?

9. When was the Hoover Dam constructed? Where is it located?

10. What happened to the populations of Nebraska and Kansas in 1890?

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