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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. Where is Bijou Creek located?
(a) California.
(b) Washington.
(c) Arizona.
(d) Colorado.

2. Chapter Ten is subtitled what?
(a) “The Go-Go Years.”
(b) “Chinatown.”
(c) “Those Who Refuse to learn…”
(d) “A Country of Illusion.”

3. On what date did Franklin Roosevelt dedicate the Hoover Dam?
(a) June 6, 1928.
(b) April 25, 1907.
(c) September 30, 1935.
(d) December 4, 1942.

4. What organization does the author refer to “as opportunistic and ruthless an agency as American government has ever seen” in Chapter Six?
(a) The Federal Bureau of Investigation.
(b) The Corps of Engineers.
(c) The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms.
(d) The Internal Revenue Service.

5. What is the title of Chapter Six?
(a) “Things Fall Apart.”
(b) “Rivals in Crime.”
(c) “Dominy.”
(d) “The Peanut Farmer and the Pork Barrel.”

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the title of Chapter Eight?

2. In 1964, what Interior Secretary ordered Commissioner Floyd Dominy to investigate the number of violations occurring within the service area of the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California?

3. Where was Harry S. Truman born?

4. In what year did the Hohokam culture disappear?

5. In January of 1862, San Francisco recorded how many inches of rain?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the author compare both the Bureau of Reclamation and the Army Corps of Engineers and their faults in the book?

2. How is the Fontenelle Dam described by the author? Where is it located?

3. What led to the political downfall of Floyd Elgin Dominy?

4. What were B. B. Moeur’s feelings about the Colorado River Compact?

5. What project does the author describe as symbolic of California’s wealth in Chapter Ten?

6. How is the Gila River in its historic past described by the author?

7. How was the Central Valley Project different from other Reclamation projects, according to the author?

8. What caused a change for California’s economy in the 1920s?

9. How does the author describe the principle limiting factor in Californian water supply currently in Chapter Ten?

10. Where and how did Floyd Elgin Dominy make enemies in his role at the Bureau of Reclamation?

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