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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 2 & 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the title of the book’s Introduction?
(a) First Causes.
(b) Rivals in Crime.
(c) A Semidesert with a Desert Heart.
(d) Chinatown.

2. According to the author in Chapter Two, “the most persecuted among the virtuous in nineteenth-century America were, besides peaceful Indians and runaway slaves and Mennonites and Quakers, the members of” what faith?
(a) The Muslim faith.
(b) The Jewish faith.
(c) The Christian Science faith.
(d) The Mormon faith.

3. What was the population of Los Angeles when Harrison Gray Otis moved there?
(a) 22,000.
(b) 5,000.
(c) 29,000.
(d) 12,500.

4. The Grand Coulee is an ancient riverbed in what U.S. state?
(a) Arizona.
(b) Colorado.
(c) Montana.
(d) Washington.

5. According to the author in Chapter Three, regarding the Bureau of Reclamation, “The most auspicious event in its entire history was the election to the presidency in 1932 of a freewheeling, free-spending” what?
(a) Patrician.
(b) Libertarian.
(c) Republican.
(d) Democrat.

Short Answer Questions

1. The author states in Chapter Two, “Brigham Young dispatched a party of his most loyal disciples, in 1851 to follow whose old route to the coast?

2. When was Harry Chandler born?

3. The Reclamation Act was authored by what U.S. Representative?

4. When did Harrison Gray Otis move to Santa Barbara, California?

5. What from San Bernardino found their way to the 1884 World’s Fair in New Orleans, where they attracted crowds?

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