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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As much of the Delta area was flooding, why did Greenville remain hopeful?
(a) They never flooded before.
(b) They weren't right on the river.
(c) They had a higher elevation than the other cities.
(d) They had an 8 foot high protection levee.

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

3. What was unique about the crevasse at Mounds Landing?
(a) It was the smallest along the Mississippi.
(b) It was the largest along the Mississippi.
(c) It was the only one along the Mississippi.
(d) It was the only one on the Northern Mississippi.

4. For decades, what were the levees constructed to do?
(a) Increase the number of reservoirs.
(b) Increase the number of outlets.
(c) Decrease farmland.
(d) Increase farmland.

5. What happens as the rain continues to fall in the Delta area?
(a) The Mississippi River gets longer.
(b) Multiple levees continue to fail.
(c) Crevases widen.
(d) A waterfall develops at the bottom of the Mississippi.

Short Answer Questions

1. How were the results of Thompson's plan being predicted?

2. River flow is measured in cubic feet per second (cfs). What happens as the cfs increases?

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

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

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

(see the answer key)

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