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  • 1. Who was the last Mexican owner of Rancho del Rincon de San Pascual?
A) Dr. Daniel M. Berry
B) Jabez Banbury
C) Manuel Garfias
D) Benjamin Wilson
  • 2. In what year did the American conquest of California occur?
A) 1873
B) 1850
C) 1874
D) 1848
  • 3. Who was the father of Fred Eaton?
A) Dr. S. Griffin
B) Manuel Garfias
C) Dr. Benjamin Eaton
D) Benjamin Wilson
  • 4. What was the name of the property Benjamin Wilson established?
A) Rancho San Pascual
B) Arroyo Seco
C) Indiana Colony
D) Lake Vineyard
  • 5. Which local name was Benjamin Wilson known by among the local Indians?
A) El Jefe
B) Don Benito
C) El Presidente
D) Don Manuel
  • 6. Benjamin Wilson was the grandfather of which famous person?
A) George S. Patton Jr.
B) Daniel M. Berry
C) Fred Eaton
D) Jabez Banbury
  • 7. Mount Wilson is named after which individual?
A) Dr. Benjamin Eaton
B) Dr. S. Griffin
C) Manuel Garfias
D) Benjamin Wilson
  • 8. Why did Dr. Daniel M. Berry visit Benjamin Wilson in 1873?
A) To purchase land for a vineyard
B) To mine for gold
C) To establish a school
D) To find a mild climate for his patients
  • 9. What was the code-name Dr. Berry gave to the area?
A) San Pascual
B) Orange Grove
C) Muscat
D) Altadena
  • 10. What organization did Dr. Berry form to raise funds?
A) The Indiana Colony Cooperative
B) The Pasadena Land Company
C) The Arroyo Development Group
D) Southern California Orange and Citrus Growers Association
  • 11. On what date was the Indiana Colony incorporated?
A) January 31, 1874
B) January 31, 1884
C) January 31, 1873
D) January 31, 1850
  • 12. What gift did Benjamin Wilson give to the new settlers?
A) 2,000 acres of highland property
B) A school house
C) The rights to the Arroyo Seco
D) A large vineyard
  • 13. Who opened the first school in Pasadena?
A) Fred Eaton
B) Colonel Jabez Banbury
C) Dr. Daniel M. Berry
D) Benjamin Wilson
  • 14. What were the names of Jabez Banbury's twin daughters?
A) Sarah and Susan
B) Anna and Alice
C) Mary and Martha
D) Jennie and Jessie
  • 15. Where was the first school located?
A) South Orange Grove Avenue
B) Fair Oaks Avenue
C) Arroyo Seco
D) Lake Vineyard
  • 16. What divided the Indiana Colony from Wilson's Lake Vineyard?
A) Arroyo Seco
B) Orange Grove Avenue
C) The mountain range
D) Fair Oaks Avenue
  • 17. In which county is Pasadena located?
A) Ventura County
B) Orange County
C) Los Angeles County
D) San Bernardino County
  • 18. How far is Pasadena from downtown Los Angeles?
A) 5 miles
B) 50 miles
C) 10 miles
D) 20 miles
  • 19. What is the primary cultural center of the San Gabriel Valley?
A) Arcadia
B) Altadena
C) Pasadena
D) Monrovia
  • 20. What is the original commercial district of Pasadena called?
A) Historic Pasadena
B) Old Pasadena
C) Pasadena Central
D) Downtown Pasadena
  • 21. What was the population of Pasadena at the 2020 census?
A) 150,000
B) 142,100
C) 125,400
D) 138,699
  • 22. When was Pasadena incorporated?
A) May 1, 1880
B) July 4, 1890
C) June 19, 1900
D) June 19, 1886
  • 23. To which tribe did the earliest known inhabitants of Pasadena belong?
A) Hahamog-na
B) Ojibwe
C) Chumash
D) Navajo
  • 24. What does the name Pasadena mean in the Ojibwe language?
A) Valley
B) Rose
C) River
D) Mountain
  • 25. From which state did the settlers who named Pasadena originate?
A) Indiana
B) Texas
C) New York
D) California
  • 26. What did the Spanish rename the local Tongva people after building the San Gabriel Mission?
A) Gabrielinos
B) Missionaries
C) Hahamog-na
D) Pasadeno
  • 27. In what year did Mexico become independent of Spain?
A) 1833
B) 1821
C) 1886
D) 1770
  • 28. What happened to mission lands in 1833?
A) They were secularized
B) They were given to the church
C) They were abandoned
D) They were sold to the US
  • 29. Which rancho covered present-day central Pasadena and Altadena?
A) Rancho Los Angeles
B) Rancho del Rincon de San Pascual
C) Rancho San Rafael
D) Rancho Santa Anita
  • 30. Who was Rancho del Rincon de San Pascual deeded to?
A) American settlers from Indiana
B) Eulalia Perez de Guillén Mariné
C) The Spanish Viceroy
D) The Hahamog-na tribe
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