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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At one point, Rabalais drives the author first to the Mississippi River and then to the Atchafalaya River, showing him that the Mississippi is 18 feet above sea level while the Atchafalaya is how many feet above sea level?
(a) One.
(b) Five.
(c) Twenty-five.
(d) Nineteen.

2. The writing on Dugie's belt buckle reads:
(a) To serve nature and protect man.
(b) To help control the Mississippi.
(c) To tame the wild Atchafalaya.
(d) To conquer nature and advance humanity.

3. In 1928, Congress enacts the Flood Control Act to start what?
(a) Rivers, Tributaries, and Levees Effort.
(b) Mississippi River and Tributaries Project.
(c) Atchafalaya River and Levees Project.
(d) Old and New Rivers Effort.

4. When the author recalls his first time in the Atchafalaya swamps with Charles Fryling in 1980, what does he fondly remember?
(a) Floating among trees under silently flying birds.
(b) Seeing lightning bugs for the first time.
(c) The water rushing through locks and gates.
(d) His first encounter with a baby alligator.

5. A navigation lock on the bank of the Mississippi River lowers ships down to where?
(a) Atlantic Ocean.
(b) Atchafalaya River.
(c) Red River.
(d) Gulf of Mexico.

Short Answer Questions

1. What river does the author mention that connects the Atchafalaya and the Mississippi to form an H?

2. The author states that how much of New Orleans lies fifteen feet below sea level?

3. What does the author say happens in the area of the Atchafalaya River in the spring of 1973?

4. In the spring of 1973, what does the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers do to try to alleviate the tremendous force of water against the control structure?

5. The author notes that many regard the Old River Project as what?

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