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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. The author states in Chapter Ten that agriculture uses what percent of all the water in California?
(a) 45%.
(b) 81%.
(c) 22%.
(d) 62%.

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

3. In January of 1862, San Francisco recorded how many inches of rain?
(a) 12.
(b) 18.
(c) 27.
(d) 39.

4. 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) 8.2 million.
(b) 2.8 million.
(c) 5.3 million.
(d) 12.5 million.

5. The largest of the canals dug by the Hohokam was fifteen miles long and how many yards wide from bank to bank?
(a) 23.
(b) 35.
(c) 4.
(d) 11.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year did the Hohokam culture disappear?

2. When was the Central Valley Project Act passed in California?

3. What important figure refused to attend the dedication of the Hoover Dam?

4. The Hoover Dam is on the border between which two U.S. states?

5. The Central Arizona Project was created by the Colorado River Basin Project Act of which year?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who were the members of the Hohokam culture? When did they thrive and disappear?

2. What caused the disappearance of the members of the Hohokam civilization?

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

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

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

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 Marc Reisner describe the winter of 1861-1862 for Californians in Chapter Ten?

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

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

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

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