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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which three rivers continued to rise as their levees fail?
(a) White, Mississippi and Missouri.
(b) Arkansas, White and Mississippi.
(c) Arkansas, Colorado, and Missouri.
(d) Arknsas, Mississippi, and Colorado.

2. What did Congress create in response to the flooding in Mississippi?
(a) A plan to create walls along the river.
(b) The Hoover Dam.
(c) A plan to reroute the river.
(d) The U.S. Levee Commission.

3. Which two things did river height depend on?
(a) Volume and speed of the water.
(b) Speed and depth of the water.
(c) Volume and temperature of the water.
(d) The volume and direction of the water.

4. When was the first recorded flood of the Mississippi River?
(a) 1882.
(b) 1643.
(c) 1743.
(d) 1543.

5. What did the flooding of 1912 and 1913 demonstrate?
(a) The strength of the people.
(b) The strength of the levee system.
(c) The failure of the levee system.
(d) The weakness of the government.

Short Answer Questions

1. When small tunnels are formed beneath the levee a miniature geyser erupts. What is this mini geyser called?

2. Why wasn't Humphrey's report accepted well in the United States?

3. Who took control of Charles Percy's family affairs after he dies?

4. How did Leroy Percy eventually get a seat in Senate despite his popularity decline?

5. How did Humphrey feel about Ellet's suggestions about the river?

(see the answer key)

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