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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 23.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the official report about the mouth of the Mississippi that Eads wrote finally say?
(a) The channel is only 14 feet deep and the sandbar is still there.
(b) The channel is 16 feet deep with no sandbar.
(c) The channel did not get any deeper.
(d) The channel is 16 feet deep but a sandbar still exists.

2. Why did armed St. Bernard Parish men visit the bankers of New Orleans?
(a) To hold them hostage.
(b) To ensure their city will get what they are promised.
(c) To rob them.
(d) To protect them.

3. What did W.A. Percy institute in the Delta area?
(a) A new fertilizer.
(b) Mechanical plows.
(c) Sharecropping and a better treatment of blacks.
(d) A new irrigation system.

4. What happened the day after Thompson's plan is implemented?
(a) The rain stopped.
(b) A levee to the west of New Orleans breaks.
(c) The river level dropped.
(d) New Orleans flooded regardless.

5. What makes Hoover a hero in 1927?
(a) His honesty to the people of the Delta region.
(b) His role during the flood.
(c) His skills as an engineer.
(d) His generosity to the refugees.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was unique about the crevasse at Mounds Landing?

2. What happened when Hoover goes to inspect the levee south of New Orleans?

3. What has Coolidge done for the flooded areas in 1927?

4. River flow is measured in cubic feet per second (cfs). What happens as the cfs increases?

5. On average, how many people are the refugee camps designed to hold?

(see the answer key)

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