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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter IX, Ffrom The Mouth Of The Uinta River To The Junction Of The Grand and Green.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On the first day of the journey down the Colorado, what did the crew lose?
(a) Oars.
(b) Rifles.
(c) Flour.
(d) Ammunition.

2. What was lost in the wreck in the Canyon of Lodore?
(a) Sextons.
(b) Barometers.
(c) Ammunition.
(d) Thermometers.

3. How long is the Canyon of Lodore?
(a) 20.75 miles.
(b) 15.5 miles.
(c) 24.33 miles.
(d) 18.2 miles.

4. The Terrace Plateaus are a group of ______.
(a) Indian tribes.
(b) Rivers.
(c) Tablelands.
(d) Cliff dwellings.

5. Fill in the following: ______ Half Mile.
(a) Heaven's.
(b) Canyon's.
(c) Hell's.
(d) Powell's.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many Indian locations did Powell describe in Arizona?

2. Besides Powell, how many men went on the journey down the Colorado?

3. What is the cause of the north-south lines in between the cliffs and plateaus in Chapter IV?

4. How many miles were covered between Green River City and Flaming Gorge?

5. After the wreck in the Canyon of Lodore, how did the men travel for the next two miles?

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