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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. How did Powell signal to others that he was ready to be picked up in the boat?
(a) Yelled loudly.
(b) Fired his gun.
(c) Gave a smoke signal.
(d) Sent a flare.

2. What ceremony did Powell witness at one of the Indian villages?
(a) Baptism.
(b) Invocation to the gods for rain.
(c) Burial ritual.
(d) Prayer service in a sweat lodge.

3. Describe the view of Marble Canyon from Vermillion Cliffs.
(a) Green plateaus.
(b) A river in a canyon.
(c) Majestic buttes.
(d) Forested mountains.

4. Who did Powell visit at the Uinta settlement?
(a) Dhudit.
(b) Tsauwiat.
(c) Shoshone.
(d) Brujhue.

5. What was Powell sitting near at the end of Chapter XII?
(a) A grove of trees.
(b) A teepee.
(c) A lake.
(d) A cliff.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In the performance by the Indians, what did the young boy ask his mother to do?

3. When Powell and his party left on October 28, where were they headed?

4. What did the men hunt on July 27th?

5. How did Powell describe their second guide on September 17th?

Short Essay Questions

1. In mid July, how many months of rations did they have left? Why?

2. What did Powell do while out exploring when he saw a storm coming from the south?

3. What did the men find on July 29th?

4. After the crew left the Canyon of Desolation, what were the names of the features of the river in Chapter IX?

5. Who did they meet at the end of Chapter VIII?

6. Describe the features of Glen Canyon.

7. What was the primary driving factor in determining length, direction, and location of Powell's second trip exploring the Colorado Valley?

8. Describe the town of Oraibi.

9. What town did the group reach on September 11th, 1870? What did they do there?

10. What items were lost in the wreck on July 11th?

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