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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter VI, From Flaming Gorge To The Gate Of Lodore.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What device needed to be repaired on May 27th?
(a) Sexton.
(b) Thermometer.
(c) Chronometer.
(d) Barometer.

2. What is the height of the escarpment?
(a) 5,000 feet.
(b) 2,000 feet.
(c) 4,000 feet.
(d) 100 feet.

3. Besides Powell, how many men went on the journey down the Colorado?
(a) 5.
(b) 15.
(c) 12.
(d) 9.

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

5. How is an escarpment formed?
(a) A volcano.
(b) A fault.
(c) A sandstorm.
(d) A glacier.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Terrace Plateaus are a group of ______.

2. What feeds the Colorado in the high region during the summer months?

3. Which reptile was worshiped as a deity in Chapter III?

4. What animal is found in the great timber region of Arizona?

5. What do the Terrace Plateaus not have?

(see the answer key)

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