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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) Washington.
(b) Arizona.
(c) California.
(d) Colorado.
2. The Kern County Land Company later became the main agricultural holding of what conglomerate?
(a) Irvine Ranch.
(b) Sierra Pacific Industries.
(c) The Tenneco Corporation.
(d) The DiGiorgio Company.
3. In 1962, there were how many megawatts of installed hydroelectric generating capacity in the United States?
(a) 66,238.
(b) 14,595.
(c) 37,342.
(d) 112,564.
4. What is the title of Chapter Nine?
(a) “A Country of Illusion.”
(b) “Those Who Refuse to learn…”
(c) “The Red Queen.”
(d) “The Peanut Farmer and the Pork Barrel.”
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. Historically, the four rivers of Tulare Basin went into two terminal lakes, Tulare and what?
2. In what year was the legislation on the Hoover Dam passed?
3. The winning bid to build the Hoover Dam was submitted by a consortium called what?
4. San Francisco is just slightly rainier than which Mexican city, according to the author in Chapter Ten?
5. Floyd Dominy was Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner until what year?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who was Michael Strauss? How is he described by the author?
2. What impressions did Floyd Elgin Dominy make on the members of the Bureau of Reclamation? When was his breakthrough there?
3. How does the author describe the Hohokam’s efforts at irrigation in Chapter Eight?
4. What were B. B. Moeur’s feelings about the Colorado River Compact?
5. How does the author describe Floyd Elgin Dominy? When and where did he begin his career?
6. How is the Gila River in its historic past described by the author?
7. What misconception about California’s climate does the author describe in the beginning of Chapter Ten?
8. How is the Fontenelle Dam described by the author? Where is it located?
9. What caused a change for California’s economy in the 1920s?
10. How does the author describe the assets of the members of the Hohokam culture in Chapter Eight?
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