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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) New Orleans will be saved.
(b) There will be thousands of refugees but the river will still rise.
(c) The river will stop rising.
(d) There will be no refugees.

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

3. When was the first recorded flood of the Mississippi River?
(a) 1882.
(b) 1743.
(c) 1543.
(d) 1643.

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

5. 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 back into the Mississippi River.
(c) It will flow into the Arkansas River.
(d) It will flow into the Colorado River.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. On average, how many people are the refugee camps designed to hold?

5. What did Congress create in response to the flooding in Mississippi?

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