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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Cooling the Lava.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Results of the U.S. Army Air Corps' actions on an insulating vent on Mauna Loa volcano in 1935 cannot be confirmed because:
(a) The volcano stops erupting.
(b) The sensors melt.
(c) The Corps' loses funding.
(d) Workers can't get close enough.

2. In feet, how long is the towboat Mississippi?
(a) 23.
(b) 459.
(c) 217.
(d) 42.

3. In the mid-1800s, the United States Congress passes a Swamp and Overflow Land Act to:
(a) Evict land squatters.
(b) Deed swampland to individual states.
(c) Create a new water control system.
(d) Take away ownership rights.

4. Heimaey is about the same size as:
(a) Seattle west of the Space Needle.
(b) Washington, D.C. east of the Washington Monument.
(c) San Francisco north of Chinatown.
(d) Manhattan south of the Empire State Building.

5. In Hawaii, how many volcanoes are there within the group that includes Mauna Loa?
(a) Five.
(b) Ten.
(c) Seven.
(d) Two.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does hot lava stop glowing red?

2. Vestmannaeyjar holds how much of Iceland's total population?

3. What does the author observe about historical attempts to control lava?

4. The livelihood of approximately how many people is affected by the Old River Control?

5. Atchafalaya is a what?

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