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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. What task did Powell describe in detail in the beginning of Chapter VII?
(a) Navigating rapids and falls.
(b) Starting a fire.
(c) Setting up camp.
(d) Skinning a bear.

2. Why did the men stop on May 25th?
(a) To test out the sexton.
(b) To repair one of the boats.
(c) To wash clothes.
(d) To hunt sheep.

3. What did Powell find in the Indian dwellings?
(a) Tools.
(b) Pottery pieces.
(c) Bones.
(d) Baskets.

4. What is the cause of the north-south lines in between the cliffs and plateaus in Chapter IV?
(a) A glacier.
(b) Faults.
(c) Erosion.
(d) A volcano.

5. Who went to retrieve the lost items in the Canyon of Lodore?
(a) Hawkins and Hall.
(b) Powell.
(c) Howland and Goodman.
(d) Sumner and Dunn.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the skills of the Zuni Indians?

2. What name was given to the dangerous part of the Canyon of Lodore where the tools were almost lost?

3. Powell compared the Terrace Plateaus to what?

4. What is "The Butte of the Cross" named after?

5. What does Toom'pin Tuweap' mean?

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