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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. When did the American Revolutionary War end?
(a) 1945.
(b) 1783.
(c) 1823.
(d) 1902.
2. Who was Pat Brown’s water resources chief?
(a) E. O. Wattis.
(b) Bill Warne.
(c) Mike Strauss.
(d) Paul Sears.
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. In which year did Jimmy Carter begin his term as the 39th President of the United States?
(a) 1977.
(b) 1965.
(c) 1981.
(d) 1969.
5. Who is described as “a lawyer in the Interior solicitor’s office through the 1960s and early 1970s, until she resigned and joined the legal staff of California’s Department of Water Resources” in Chapter Ten?
(a) Rita Singer.
(b) Robert Caro.
(c) Bill Warne.
(d) Francis G. Newlands.
Short Answer Questions
1. The Hoover Dam is on the border between which two U.S. states?
2. Richard Wilson had a degree in agricultural engineering from which institution?
3. What was the eleventh-largest landowner in California in 1980?
4. What important figure refused to attend the dedication of the Hoover Dam?
5. What was the name of the city in which the Hohokam lived and where downtown Phoenix is today?
Short Essay Questions
1. How is the Fontenelle Dam described by the author? Where is it located?
2. Who was Michael Strauss? How is he described by the author?
3. How does Marc Reisner describe the winter of 1861-1862 for Californians in Chapter Ten?
4. How does the author describe Floyd Elgin Dominy? When and where did he begin his career?
5. How does the author describe the benefits of the Central Valley Project for American farmers in Chapter Ten?
6. How does the author compare both the Bureau of Reclamation and the Army Corps of Engineers and their faults in the book?
7. How does the author describe the principle limiting factor in Californian water supply currently in Chapter Ten?
8. What led to the political downfall of Floyd Elgin Dominy?
9. Where and how did Floyd Elgin Dominy make enemies in his role at the Bureau of Reclamation?
10. What misconception about California’s climate does the author describe in the beginning of Chapter Ten?
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