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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 was Harry S. Truman born?
(a) Medford, Oregon.
(b) Pueblo, Colorado.
(c) Lamar, Missouri.
(d) Cody, Wyoming.
2. In his budget request for fiscal year 1945, FDR included a request of how much money to permit the Bureau to begin work on the Kings River?
(a) $5 million.
(b) $8 million.
(c) $1 million.
(d) $3 million.
3. The author states in Chapter Ten that “In eighty-two years, the Bureau would see the breakup of only one major illegal landholding through to the end” What company was this?
(a) Sierra Pacific Industries.
(b) The Tenneco Corporation.
(c) The DiGiorgio Company.
(d) Irvine Ranch.
4. The Central Arizona Project was envisioned by which U.S. Senator?
(a) Bill Warne.
(b) Barry Goldwater.
(c) Lieutenant Joseph Christmas Ives.
(d) Franklin D. Roosevelt.
5. The Pine Flat Dam is located approximately twenty miles east of what city?
(a) Fresno, California.
(b) Truckee, California.
(c) Redding, California.
(d) Oakland, California.
Short Answer Questions
1. Where is Bijou Creek located?
2. California’s Eel River peaked at 765,000 cubic feet per second during the Christmas flood of what year?
3. When was the Central Valley Project Act passed in California?
4. Floyd Dominy was Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner until what year?
5. Who was Pat Brown’s water resources chief?
Short Essay Questions
1. What led to the political downfall of Floyd Elgin Dominy?
2. Where and how did Floyd Elgin Dominy make enemies in his role at the Bureau of Reclamation?
3. When did Floyd Elgin Dominy arrive at the Bureau of Reclamation? What were his assets there?
4. Who was Michael Strauss? How is he described by the author?
5. What caused a change for California’s economy in the 1920s?
6. What misconception about California’s climate does the author describe in the beginning of Chapter Ten?
7. How does the author describe the assets of the members of the Hohokam culture in Chapter Eight?
8. Who does the author describe as being absent at the dedication of the Hoover Dam in Chapter Eight?
9. How does the author describe the principle limiting factor in Californian water supply currently in Chapter Ten?
10. How does the author compare both the Bureau of Reclamation and the Army Corps of Engineers and their faults in the book?
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