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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What will eventually happen to the water released through the Mounds Landing crevasse?
(a) It will continue to flood the area.
(b) It will flow into the Colorado River.
(c) It will flow back into the Mississippi River.
(d) It will flow into the Arkansas River.

2. What did Congress create in response to the flooding in Mississippi?
(a) A plan to reroute the river.
(b) A plan to create walls along the river.
(c) The U.S. Levee Commission.
(d) The Hoover Dam.

3. 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) There will be no refugees.
(d) New Orleans will be saved.

4. As the floods continued, what did 30,000 people decide to do?
(a) Built taller houses.
(b) Found a local evauation area.
(c) Stayed in their homes.
(d) Evacuated the Delta area.

5. Which two things did river height depend on?
(a) The volume and direction of the water.
(b) Speed and depth of the water.
(c) Volume and speed of the water.
(d) Volume and temperature of the water.

Short Answer Questions

1. For decades, what were the levees constructed to do?

2. Prior to Thompson's plan being implemented, what happened to the refugees south of the levee?

3. When was the first recorded flood of the Mississippi River?

4. As floodwaters raged, what was happening to the crevasse at Mounds Landing?

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

(see the answer key)

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