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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 10 & 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the population of San Francisco in 1851?
(a) 27,000.
(b) 35,000.
(c) 48,000.
(d) 12,000.

2. The Kings, the Kaweah, the Tule, and what are the southernmost rivers flowing out of the Sierra Nevada into the Central Valley of California?
(a) The Trinity.
(b) The Kern.
(c) The Sacramento.
(d) The Tuolumne.

3. Where was William Mulholland born?
(a) London, England.
(b) Lisbon, Portugal.
(c) Dublin, Ireland.
(d) Stockholm, Sweden.

4. According to the author, “[Ronald] Reagan, as a westerner, should have been a friend of dams, but he was growing more conservative by the hour, and true conservatives tend to dislike” what?
(a) “More taxes.”
(b) “Impacting nature.”
(c) “Great public works.”
(d) “Endless spending.”

5. In 1848, what was the population of San Francisco?
(a) 9,000.
(b) 2,500.
(c) 800.
(d) 4,500.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was the Central Valley Project Act passed in California?

2. In what year was the Corps of Engineers officially christened with its current name?

3. San Francisco is just slightly rainier than which Mexican city, according to the author in Chapter Ten?

4. Chapter Ten is subtitled what?

5. Which mountains separate southern California from the San Joaquin Valley?

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