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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 17.5-million-acre-foot yield that the Compact negotiators had ascribed to the Colorado River was based on about how many years of stream flow measurement, according to the author in Chapter Eight?
(a) 71.
(b) 25.
(c) 52.
(d) 18.

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?
(a) Lloyd Tevis.
(b) Stewart Udall.
(c) George Chaffey.
(d) Ray Roberts.

3. The author describes a restaurant at which hotel in Clayton, Georgia, in the beginning of Chapter Nine?
(a) The Bellingham Hotel.
(b) The Dillard Motor Hotel.
(c) The Davis Lodge.
(d) The Richardson Motor Lodge.

4. What is the title of Chapter Eight?
(a) “Dominy.”
(b) “An American Nile (II).”
(c) “Chinatown.”
(d) “Things Fall Apart.”

5. In which year did Jimmy Carter begin his term as the 39th President of the United States?
(a) 1977.
(b) 1969.
(c) 1965.
(d) 1981.

Short Answer Questions

1. In passing the Boulder Canyon Project Act, Congress had implied that Arizona’s share was at least how many acre-feet?

2. The Kern County Land Company was originally put together by James Ben Ali Haggin and who?

3. Every year, the Mississippi River carries about how many acres-feet of water out to sea, according to the author in Chapter Six?

4. The author states there are currently how many acres of cultivated land per person in the U.S. in Chapter Six?

5. The winning bid to build the Hoover Dam was submitted by a consortium called what?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who was Michael Strauss? How is he described by the author?

3. How does the author describe Floyd Elgin Dominy? When and where did he begin his career?

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

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

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

7. What impressions did Floyd Elgin Dominy make on the members of the Bureau of Reclamation? When was his breakthrough there?

8. How does the author describe the Hohokam’s efforts at irrigation in Chapter Eight?

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

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

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