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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12 & Epilogue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 Tuolumne.
(b) The Sacramento.
(c) The Trinity.
(d) The Kern.

2. When was William Mulholland born?
(a) 1907.
(b) 1823.
(c) 1892.
(d) 1855.

3. The winning bid to build the Hoover Dam was submitted by a consortium called what?
(a) Nine Companies, Inc.
(b) Three Companies, Inc.
(c) Four Companies, Inc.
(d) Six Companies, Inc.

4. In California, how much of the population resides in the drought-ridden south, according to the author in Chapter Twelve?
(a) One-quarter.
(b) Two-thirds.
(c) One-half.
(d) Three-quarters.

5. From whom did Harrison Gray Otis purchase the Santa Barbara Press?
(a) C.W. Hollister.
(b) Barry Goldwater.
(c) Robert Caro.
(d) James Marshall.

Short Answer Questions

1. The California Aqueduct begins at what location?

2. What western city does the author describe “with exotic palms and golf-course lawns and a five-hundred-foot fountain and an artificial surf” in the Introduction?

3. On what date did Franklin Roosevelt dedicate the Hoover Dam?

4. Who was the manager of the Texas High Plains Underground Water Conservation District in Lubbock, Texas, when the book was written?

5. In which year does the author state that “Congress received two separate reports on developing the Kings and the Kern: one on a traditional Reclamation project, the other on a project that purported to be for flood control, but which, by controlling the river’s runoff and drying up Tulare Lake, would irrigate a roughly equal amount of land”?

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