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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What inscription did the men find on June 2nd?
(a) Ashley.
(b) Here lies Angel.
(c) Bethany.
(d) Danger ahead.

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

3. What did Powell find in the Indian dwellings?
(a) Baskets.
(b) Bones.
(c) Pottery pieces.
(d) Tools.

4. What does the Uinta Valley contain?
(a) Wild game.
(b) Volcanic lava.
(c) Grasslands.
(d) Ruins of Indian civilizations.

5. Who camped at the same location in the Canyon of Ladore where Powell's group was at?
(a) Beth's party.
(b) Ashley's party.
(c) Nicole's party.
(d) Emma's party.

6. What did the men find near Henry's Fork?
(a) A flock of sheep.
(b) A tribe of Indians.
(c) A cache of instruments.
(d) An impassable sandbar.

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

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

9. Some of the rock displacements in Chapter IV are flexures instead of ______.
(a) Fractures.
(b) Carvings.
(c) Breaks.
(d) Rock slides.

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

11. How many miles were covered between Green River City and Flaming Gorge?
(a) 34.
(b) 45.
(c) 62.
(d) 76.

12. 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.

13. Fill in the following from Chapter II: "The Navajos are ____________ in this country."
(a) Citizens.
(b) Intruders.
(c) Natives.
(d) Visitors.

14. What animal is found in the great timber region of Arizona?
(a) Goat.
(b) Wild turkey.
(c) Jackalope.
(d) Buffalo.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What obstacle did the group encounter on June 1st?

3. On the first day of the journey down the Colorado, what did the crew lose?

4. Approximately how many miles long is the Colorado River?

5. How long is the Canyon of Lodore?

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