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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter XV, The Grand Canyon.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is "The Butte of the Cross" named after?
(a) A place where two rivers cross.
(b) A butte in the shape of a cross.
(c) A rock where the crew prays.
(d) A butte with trees on it.

2. The Terrace Plateaus are a group of ______.
(a) Tablelands.
(b) Indian tribes.
(c) Rivers.
(d) Cliff dwellings.

3. When was the party ready to cross the river by boat?
(a) Ocotber 8.
(b) October 4.
(c) September 26.
(d) October 12.

4. In Chapter XIV, there were two pictures of a dancer holding up a great plumed arrow. In the second picture, what did he do with the arrow?
(a) Swallowed it.
(b) Lit it on fire.
(c) Stabbed himself with it.
(d) Shot it.

5. How high are the highest walls of Stillwater Canyon?
(a) 500 feet.
(b) 3,500 feet.
(c) 1,300 feet.
(d) 1,500 feet.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Toom'pin Tuweap' mean?

2. What are the skills of the Zuni Indians?

3. What kind of homes did the Tewan Indians build?

4. Where did the Apache and Navajo Indian tribes live?

5. What did the crew do while stopped on July 18th?

(see the answer key)

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