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

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

4. What did the flooding of 1912 and 1913 demonstrate?
(a) The strength of the levee system.
(b) The strength of the people.
(c) The failure of the levee system.
(d) The weakness of the government.

5. What are the refugee camps referred to at the time of the floods in the Delta?
(a) Concentration camps.
(b) Luxury resorts.
(c) Tribes.
(d) Villages.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the official report about the mouth of the Mississippi that Eads wrote finally say?

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

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

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

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

(see the answer key)

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