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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was at the center of New Orleans finances and is also a Club member?
(a) Hoover.
(b) Will Percy.
(c) LeRoy Percy.
(d) James Pierce Butler Jr.

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

3. Which three rivers continued to rise as their levees fail?
(a) Arknsas, Mississippi, and Colorado.
(b) White, Mississippi and Missouri.
(c) Arkansas, White and Mississippi.
(d) Arkansas, Colorado, and Missouri.

4. Who were the residents in Plaquemines and St. Bernard Parishes?
(a) Bankers, politicians and socialites.
(b) Fishermen, bankers, and politicians.
(c) Fishermen, trappers and bootleggers.
(d) Mainly the blacks.

5. What controversial issue did Eads propose that was authorized in 1867?
(a) A railroad across the state of Mississippi.
(b) Construction of a plane.
(c) A bridge over the Mississippi.
(d) Constuction of a steamboat.

6. What ongoing problem existed at the mouth of the Mississippi River that prohibited shipping?
(a) Rocky cliffs.
(b) Sandbars and large amounts of deposited sediment.
(c) A strong undertow.
(d) Piracy.

7. What event did the Boston Club pay a large role in?
(a) Harvesting the area.
(b) The impending flood waters.
(c) Planning Mardi Gras.
(d) Rebuliding the city of New Orleans.

8. Why did President Coolidge hire Herbert Hoover?
(a) To fix the corruption in the Delta area.
(b) To organize rescue and relief efforts.
(c) To design new levee systems.
(d) To organize new laws.

9. What percentage of the United States does the Mississippi River drain?
(a) 50%.
(b) 30%.
(c) 25%.
(d) 41%.

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

11. What kept the Delta area underdeveloped during WWI?
(a) War with the Native Americans.
(b) A lack of manpower.
(c) The Great Depression.
(d) A busy hurricane season.

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

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

14. How were the levees damaged in early 1927?
(a) By tornadoes and high winds.
(b) By high winds and earthquakes.
(c) By tornadoes and earthquakes.
(d) By high temperatures and high winds.

15. Whose biography was told?
(a) Hoover.
(b) Will Percy.
(c) LeRoy Percy.
(d) Coolidge.

Short Answer Questions

1. During the major storms that were occurring along the Mississippi River in 1927, what happens to the dam in Arkansas?

2. In the 1850's, what two cities were involved in a transportation and freighting competition?

3. What did the official report about the mouth of the Mississippi that Eads wrote finally say?

4. Why was Eads allowed to proceed with his idea after being opposed unanimously?

5. What was Thompson's proposition to prevent the levees from failing?

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