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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When small tunnels are formed beneath the levee a miniature geyser erupts. What is this mini geyser called?
(a) A magma bubble.
(b) A geyser.
(c) A gas bubble.
(d) A sand boil.

3. How were the levees along the Mississippi different from levees in other places?
(a) They are built to a higher standard.
(b) They are made of different materials.
(c) They are taller.
(d) They are shorter.

4. When Humphrey returned from studying deltaic rivers, what did he do?
(a) Attacked Ellet's report.
(b) Built a railroad.
(c) Built a bridge.
(d) Traveled the Grand Canyon.

5. How did Humphrey prove himself to be in combat?
(a) Skittish and scared.
(b) Strategical.
(c) Ruthless and cold.
(d) Sympathetic.

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom did Leroy Percy form a relationship that benefited him greatly in the 1900's?

2. How did Humphrey feel about Ellet's suggestions about the river?

3. What year was the jetty project successfully completed?

4. During the 1900 a new demand surged in throughout the United States. What was that demand?

5. What happened in the Mississippi region between 1884-1889?

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