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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter XII, The Rio Virgen and theUinkaren Mountains.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Powell know that Indians frequented the place where they slept on June 26th?
(a) Woven baskets.
(b) Pieces of pottery.
(c) Grafitti.
(d) Tent poles lying around.

2. What was Powell sitting near at the end of Chapter XII?
(a) A teepee.
(b) A cliff.
(c) A grove of trees.
(d) A lake.

3. Some of the rock displacements in Chapter IV are flexures instead of ______.
(a) Breaks.
(b) Carvings.
(c) Fractures.
(d) Rock slides.

4. What item of clothing was Powell saved by when climbing cliffs in Chapter VIII?
(a) A hat.
(b) Drawers.
(c) Socks.
(d) A shirt.

5. How did Powell describe their second guide on September 17th?
(a) A dried fig.
(b) The human pickle.
(c) Stretched leather.
(d) Craggy like the moon.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to the three men that left the first expedition early?

2. What caused anxiety for Powell's party after "Vermilion Cliffs?"

3. What do the Terrace Plateaus not have?

4. When Powell returned to camp on June 20th, what did the men eat for dinner?

5. How many rivers flow through the Pink Cliffs?

(see the answer key)

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