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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is commonly fished from the bayou regions around the Atchafalaya?
(a) Crawfish.
(b) Trout.
(c) Lobster.
(d) Salmon.

2. In the 1800s, swamps in Louisiana are drained and used as what?
(a) Hideouts.
(b) Military camps.
(c) Farmland.
(d) Storage pits.

3. In a conversation between General Sands and Oliver Houck on a floating conference boat, what does the General remind Houck regarding the vital role of the U.S. Army Corps?
(a) No other organization has authority to control Louisiana's rivers.
(b) The Corps is keeping his neighborhood safe from nine feet of water.
(c) The Corps keeps the region safe against criminals.
(d) This is the only organization that has ever succeeded in maintaining order in New Orleans.

4. The author states that how much of New Orleans lies fifteen feet below sea level?
(a) All of it.
(b) Half.
(c) One quarter.
(d) Ten percent.

5. Over a number of centuries, how does the Mississippi River form the state of Louisiana?
(a) By cutting deep, rocky canyons into the land.
(b) By creating all of the state's boundaries.
(c) By overflowing river banks.
(d) By irrigating carefully cultivated fields.

Short Answer Questions

1. From St. Louis down to the Atchafalaya, General Sands takes note of what?

2. The writing on Dugie's belt buckle reads:

3. This book is a:

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

5. In the early 1800s, private plantation owners in Louisiana levee riverbanks to:

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