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

2. Whose lodge could Bradley and Powell see from their explorations on May 29th?
(a) Chris Russell.
(b) Brad Baker.
(c) John Baker.
(d) Jim Murphy.

3. What is the Bill Williams River also known as?
(a) The San Juan.
(b) The Rio Virgen.
(c) The Rio Grande.
(d) The Gila River.

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

5. What previously unknown features in the high country did the Colorado River Exploring Expedition discover?
(a) Forests and lakes.
(b) Tributaries and feeder lakes.
(c) Canyons and gorges.
(d) Plains and plateaus.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is found in Walnut Canyon?

2. What color rock is unique to the Plateau Province?

3. Describe the mood of the men on the morning of May 30th.

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Powell took ten men with him on the expedition down the Colorado. Describe one of these men.

2. Which Native American tribes lived in the Colorado River Valley?

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

4. What happened at camp on June 16th, resulting in the moving of camp down shore and the loss of several items?

5. Describe the rivers that feed the Colorado River.

6. Describe the Plateau Province.

7. Describe the Pink and Gray Cliffs.

8. What are the borders of the Terrace Plateaus?

9. How did the group proceed when there were rapids?

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

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