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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the name of the highest of the volcanic mountains in Arizona?
(a) Phoenix Peak.
(b) San Francisco Peak.
(c) Los Angeles Peak.
(d) Guadalajara Peak.

3. The Mogollon Escarpment separates the low desert regions from the ______.
(a) Northern tributary.
(b) Pacific Ocean.
(c) Lower plateau.
(d) Upper plateau.

4. The Colorado River forms a natural boundary between which two states?
(a) Nevada and Utah.
(b) Utah and Arizona.
(c) Califonria and Nevada.
(d) California and Arizona.

5. How long is the Canyon of Lodore?
(a) 20.75 miles.
(b) 15.5 miles.
(c) 24.33 miles.
(d) 18.2 miles.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the canyon the group explores on May 26th?

2. What was lost in the wreck in the Canyon of Lodore?

3. What did the men do at night on June 8th?

4. The northeast side of the Little Colorado can be described as _______.

5. What animal is found in the great timber region of Arizona?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the group's first day down the river.

2. What is meant by the Indian saying "Water heap catch 'em," in Chapter VI?

3. What Indian tribes inhabited the Terrace Plateaus?

4. Describe the Plateau Province.

5. Why do you think they named one area Beehive Point?

6. The group often named places along the river for physical descriptions of the landscape or river. What examples of this are in Chapter VI?

7. Describe the Pink and Gray Cliffs.

8. What are the north-south lines in between the cliffs and plateaus?

9. How did the party get through difficult falls?

10. What were the names of the boats in Powell's journey?

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