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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. What was the name of the city in which the Hohokam lived and where downtown Phoenix is today?
(a) Pueblo Grande.
(b) Mesa Verde.
(c) Palo Cedro.
(d) Buena Vista.

2. In 1952, when Los Angeles built a second battery of pumps at the head of its aqueduct, California’s diversion climbed toward how many acre-feet?
(a) 2.8 million.
(b) 8.2 million.
(c) 5.3 million.
(d) 12.5 million.

3. Historically, the four rivers of Tulare Basin went into two terminal lakes, Tulare and what?
(a) Don Pedro Reservoir.
(b) Hetch Hetchy Reservoir.
(c) Buena Vista Lake.
(d) Shasta Lake.

4. What is the title of Chapter Nine?
(a) “The Red Queen.”
(b) “The Peanut Farmer and the Pork Barrel.”
(c) “A Country of Illusion.”
(d) “Those Who Refuse to learn…”

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year did the Hohokam culture disappear?

2. Richard Wilson had a degree in agricultural engineering from which institution?

3. Where was Harry S. Truman born?

4. The Central Arizona Project was envisioned by which U.S. Senator?

5. In which year did Secretary of State Cordell Hull formally promise Mexico the 1.5 million acre-feet that had been set-aside for it by the Colorado River Compact?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who does the author describe as being absent at the dedication of the Hoover Dam in Chapter Eight?

2. What misconception about California’s climate does the author describe in the beginning of Chapter Ten?

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

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

5. When did Floyd Elgin Dominy arrive at the Bureau of Reclamation? What were his assets there?

6. How does Marc Reisner describe the winter of 1861-1862 for Californians in Chapter Ten?

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

8. How does the author describe the benefits of the Central Valley Project for American farmers in Chapter Ten?

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

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

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