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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On average, how many people are the refugee camps designed to hold?
(a) 10,000.
(b) 100,000.
(c) 1 million.
(d) 5,000.

2. Prior to Thompson's plan being implemented, what happened to the refugees south of the levee?
(a) They protested.
(b) They built a new levee.
(c) They evacuated.
(d) They refused to leave.

3. What happened when Hoover goes to inspect the levee south of New Orleans?
(a) He got caught in a storm.
(b) His boat was shot at.
(c) The levee broke.
(d) He almost drowned.

4. Where did the Mississippi River Commission decide their failure was in the 1912 and 1913 floods?
(a) "Substandard" levee construction.
(b) Using only sandbags.
(c) Erosion.
(d) A poor drainage system.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did armed St. Bernard Parish men visit the bankers of New Orleans?

2. What happened within 10 days of the change in the crevasse at Mounds Landing?

3. What happened the day after Thompson's plan is implemented?

4. What are the refugee camps referred to at the time of the floods in the Delta?

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

(see the answer key)

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