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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What was Eads' proposition to change the mouth of the Mississippi River?
(a) Changing the course of the river.
(b) Building dams.
(c) A series of jetties.
(d) Making a series of canals.

3. What was the weather like in the Prologue as the guests of the social party head home?
(a) Stormy.
(b) Sunny.
(c) Foggy.
(d) Snowing.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How did waves effect the levees?

2. What did Eads continue to do for a living in St. Louis after his family moved on?

3. What kept the Delta area underdeveloped during WWI?

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

5. What percentage of the United States does the Mississippi River drain?

(see the answer key)

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