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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers develops a plan to do what?
(a) Build twenty large dams on the Atchafalaya River.
(b) Control natural shifts of the Mississippi River.
(c) Develop communities along the Mississippi River.
(d) Protect the fish population of the Atchfalaya River.

3. Who is Raphael G. Kazmann?
(a) Author of Modern Hydrology.
(b) Developer of electromagnetic therapy.
(c) Developer of tripod pilings.
(d) Author of Modern Thermodynamics.

4. In the early days of New Orleans, residents build their homes on what?
(a) Natural levees.
(b) Metal bridges.
(c) Sand piles.
(d) Concrete risers.

5. A towboat is designed to:
(a) Push barges.
(b) Pull large cargo ships.
(c) Push large cargo ships.
(d) Pull barges.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Major General Thomas Sands do each year on the Mississippi in late summer or early fall?

2. After the U.S. Army Corps takes control of the Atchafalaya, Old Cajun bayou life is:

3. In New Orleans' earliest days, French settlers begin to live there despite the fact that the area:

4. When the author recalls his first time in the Atchafalaya swamps with Charles Fryling in 1980, what does he fondly remember?

5. The author tells stories of the following people in conflict with forces of nature:

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