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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The U.S. Army Air Corps' actions on an insulating vent on Mauna Loa volcano in 1935 result in what?
(a) Temporary halt of lava flows.
(b) Debris buildup and redirected lava flows.
(c) Cooled lava.
(d) Better seismic readings.

2. Thorbjorn Sigurgeirsson decides to try to stop the chunk of mountain moving towards Heimaey's town and harbor by:
(a) Blocking the mountain with a natural barrier of cooled lava.
(b) Pumping seawater directly onto the mountain.
(c) Blowing up the mountain with a thousand sticks of dynamite.
(d) Ordering a plane to drop a bomb on the mountain.

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) This is the only organization that has ever succeeded in maintaining order in New Orleans.
(c) The Corps keeps the region safe against criminals.
(d) The Corps is keeping his neighborhood safe from nine feet of water.

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

5. What river does the author mention that connects the Atchafalaya and the Mississippi to form an H?
(a) Old River.
(b) Black River.
(c) Red River.
(d) New River.

Short Answer Questions

1. After work crews deal with the moving mountain on Iceland's erupting island, what challenge do they face?

2. Congress mandates that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers survey the Mississippi and tributaries in order to assure and improve what?

3. From the time that the U.S. Army Corps takes control of the Atchafalaya, what word does the author associate with the river and the region?

4. How much water is pumped onto a lava field directly in the path of the moving mountain headed towards Heimaey's town and harbor?

5. What does Magnus Magnusson tell Thorbjorn Sigurgeirsson to protect first during the eruptions of 1973?

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