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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How were the results of Thompson's plan being predicted?
(a) The river will stop rising.
(b) There will be thousands of refugees but the river will still rise.
(c) New Orleans will be saved.
(d) There will be no refugees.

2. What year was the jetty project successfully completed?
(a) 1870.
(b) 1879.
(c) 1900.
(d) 1979.

3. What happens as the rain continues to fall in the Delta area?
(a) Multiple levees continue to fail.
(b) The Mississippi River gets longer.
(c) A waterfall develops at the bottom of the Mississippi.
(d) Crevases widen.

4. What happened within 10 days of the change in the crevasse at Mounds Landing?
(a) A drought.
(b) A dam was built.
(c) A hurricane.
(d) One million acres of land was under 10 feet of water.

5. River flow is measured in cubic feet per second (cfs). What happens as the cfs increases?
(a) The river's speed increases.
(b) The river's depth increases.
(c) The direction of the river changes.
(d) A flood occurs.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did W.A. Percy institute in the Delta area?

2. Where did the Mississippi River Commission decide their failure was in the 1912 and 1913 floods?

3. What did the flooding of 1912 and 1913 demonstrate?

4. As the floods continued, what did 30,000 people decide to do?

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

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