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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the highest elevation of the high region?
(a) 10,000 feet.
(b) 14,000 feet.
(c) 12,000 feet.
(d) 21,000 feet.

2. What did the men do at night on June 8th?
(a) Repair a thermometer.
(b) Hunt buffalo.
(c) Look at the stars.
(d) Play cards.

3. Where do the Basin Range Province Waters flow?
(a) Salt Lakes.
(b) The Colorado River
(c) The Uinta River.
(d) Yellowstone Park.

4. Where did the men stop in Chapter VI?
(a) Swallow Canyon.
(b) Beehive Point.
(c) Ladybug Gorge.
(d) Mosquito Alley.

5. Which mountains extend into Yellowstone Park and are part of the Rocky Mountains?
(a) Wind River Mountains.
(b) The Painted Hills.
(c) The Black Mountains.
(d) Lonely Mountain.

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

7. Which boat got into a dangerous situation in the Canyon of Lodore?
(a) "No Name."
(b) "Stampede how."
(c) "Emma Briggs."
(d) "Lucky duck."

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

9. How many rivers flow through the Pink Cliffs?
(a) Two.
(b) One.
(c) Three.
(d) None.

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

11. What is the cause of the north-south lines in between the cliffs and plateaus in Chapter IV?
(a) A glacier.
(b) Faults.
(c) Erosion.
(d) A volcano.

12. What kind of vegetation did the men explore on June 3rd?
(a) Beach.
(b) Forests.
(c) Glacier.
(d) Deserts.

13. What is the name of the canyon the group explores on May 26th?
(a) Flaming Gorge.
(b) Mesa Fort.
(c) Henry's Fork.
(d) Grand Canyon.

14. What obstacle did the group encounter on June 1st?
(a) A waterfall.
(b) Stron rapids.
(c) An Indian tribe.
(d) Illness.

15. Which part of the Colorado River is the desert portion?
(a) The upper portion.
(b) The western portion.
(c) The eastern portion.
(d) The lower portion.

Short Answer Questions

1. What caused dangerous conditions in Flaming Gorge?

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

3. How many people could the dwellings of the Ute accommodate?

4. Powell compared the Terrace Plateaus to what?

5. What is found in Walnut Canyon?

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