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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter X, From the Junction of the rand and Greento the Mounth of the Little Colorado.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Toom'pin Tuweap' mean?
(a) "Rock Land."
(b) "River Crossing"
(c) River Land."
(d) "Home of the Brave."

3. What divides the Plateau Province?
(a) The Great Salt Lake.
(b) The Wasatch Mountains.
(c) The Black Mountains.
(d) The Wind River Mountains.

4. Where did the Apache and Navajo Indian tribes live?
(a) The flood plains.
(b) The valley of the Gila.
(c) The mountain regions.
(d) The desert portions.

5. How far away was the Uinta Indian settlement from the river?
(a) 3 miles.
(b) 10 miles.
(c) 40 miles.
(d) 5 miles.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Powell know that Indians frequented the place where they slept on June 26th?

2. What is the cause of the cliffs in the Terrace Plateaus?

3. What did the men find near Henry's Fork?

4. When did Powell first visit the Colorado territory?

5. What did Powell find in the Indian dwellings?

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