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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 is found in Walnut Canyon?
(a) Cliff houses.
(b) Volcanic pools.
(c) Walnut trees.
(d) An oasis.

2. When did Powell first visit the Colorado territory?
(a) 1872.
(b) 1869.
(c) 1867.
(d) 1855.

3. What made the men sick in the beginning of Chapter IX?
(a) Dirty water.
(b) Dehydration.
(c) Potato tops.
(d) Spoiled meat.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did the men do around the fire on July 11th?

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

4. Which boat got into a dangerous situation in the Canyon of Lodore?

5. What is the name of the highest of the volcanic mountains in Arizona?

(see the answer key)

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