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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 30.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As the floods continued, what did 30,000 people decide to do?
(a) Found a local evauation area.
(b) Built taller houses.
(c) Evacuated the Delta area.
(d) Stayed in their homes.

2. What was James Thompson always seeking?
(a) For ways to make more money.
(b) Acceptance by the society and club members of New Orleans.
(c) People to steal from.
(d) A job.

3. Prior to Thompson's plan being implemented, what happened to the refugees south of the levee?
(a) They refused to leave.
(b) They built a new levee.
(c) They evacuated.
(d) They protested.

4. What did the high river levels threaten in 1912?
(a) To bring sewage into Mississippi.
(b) To top the levee before the sandbags come.
(c) To wash away all the crops.
(d) To break the dam.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the refugee camps referred to at the time of the floods in the Delta?

2. What do Simpson and the others do to find a solution to the compensation problem?

3. What controversial issue did Eads propose that was authorized in 1867?

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

5. What is a widespread problem in St. Bernard and Plaquemines?

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