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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 4 & 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was Marriner Stoddard Eccles born?
(a) 1876.
(b) 1908.
(c) 1890.
(d) 1843.

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

3. The drop to the Colorado River is nearly how many feet?
(a) 7,600.
(b) 13,000.
(c) 9,400.
(d) 5,000.

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

5. Where was Harry Chandler born?
(a) Arco, Idaho.
(b) Marquette, Michigan.
(c) Landaff, New Hampshire.
(d) Akron, Ohio.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was to the man to “discover a malleable yellow rock in the tail race of Sutter’s Mill on the American River above Sacramento” in the 1800s,” according to the author in Chapter One?

2. Who does the author refer to as “an egomaniacal small-time construction tycoon” in Chapter Four?

3. How many major dams does the author say California has in the Introduction?

4. In 1930, the American West had a population of how many people?

5. The author states in the Introduction that California has the two biggest irrigation projects on earth, but its irrigated acreage is not much larger than what U.S. state?

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