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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Norris F. Rabalais was born and raised in what Louisiana parish?
(a) Evangeline.
(b) West Feliciana.
(c) Avoyelles.
(d) Concordia.

2. Officials propose to protect Hilo, Hawaii's second-largest city and port, against lava flows through what?
(a) Relocation.
(b) Barriers.
(c) Plexiglass shields.
(d) Careful monitoring.

3. On January 23, 1973, the five thousand residents of Heimaey, the only populated island of Vestmannaeyjar, are threatened by what?
(a) Cracking ice shelf.
(b) War.
(c) Lava.
(d) Flu epidemic.

4. When workers in Vestmannaeyjar hose down lava, why do they keep moving?
(a) Because the lava flow keeps shifting.
(b) To keep their boots from burning up.
(c) To cool down other parts of the flow.
(d) To stay warm in the cold climate.

5. In the early 1800s, private plantation owners in Louisiana levee riverbanks to:
(a) Irrigate their land.
(b) Protect their land.
(c) Combine river water.
(d) Store river water.

Short Answer Questions

1. Rabalais says he remembers being taught in high school that one day, these would be built:

2. When the author recounts the moments before the 1973 eruption in Heimaey, he describes what?

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

4. This book is a:

5. In gallons, how much water is pumped onto the lava flows of Heimaey each day?

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