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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who took control of Charles Percy's family affairs after he dies?
(a) His brother.
(b) His mother.
(c) His wife.
(d) His children.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What makes Hoover a hero in 1927?

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

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

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

5. What happens in June of 1927?

(see the answer key)

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