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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter XII, The Rio Virgen and theUinkaren Mountains.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which mountains cannot be seen from Mount Dawes?
(a) Sierra Nevada.
(b) Wind River Mountains.
(c) Wasatch Mountains.
(d) Rocky Mountains.

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

3. Which Indian tribes inhabited the area from Fremont's Peak to the UIinta Mountains?
(a) Apache.
(b) Shoshonean.
(c) Ute.
(d) Navajo.

4. How did Powell know that Indians frequented the place where they slept on June 26th?
(a) Tent poles lying around.
(b) Pieces of pottery.
(c) Woven baskets.
(d) Grafitti.

5. What do the Ute Indians have a wealth of?
(a) Written burial accounts.
(b) Tools.
(c) Pottery pieces.
(d) Mythic stories.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of Powell's men decided to not continue on the journey at the end of Chapter VIII?

2. What type of environment characterizes the Kaibab Plateau?

3. What made the men sick in the beginning of Chapter IX?

4. What is Sierra Escalante named after?

5. What was the weather like when the men camped on a shelf in Chapter XI?

(see the answer key)

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