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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Humphrey feel about Ellet's suggestions about the river?
(a) Humphrey was nervous about the idea.
(b) Humphrey was excited about the idea.
(c) Humphrey thought it was an awful idea.
(d) Humphrey took it as a personal insult.

2. After losing the run for presidency, what did Hoover receive?
(a) A seat in congress.
(b) The vice presidency.
(c) The position of Secretary of State.
(d) A seat in the cabinet.

3. What were the three basic methods that engineers have attempted to control the river?
(a) Dams, outlets and cutoffs.
(b) Levees, outlets, and dams.
(c) Levees, outlets, and cutoffs.
(d) Levees, dams, and cutoffs.

4. If Thompson's plan is implemented, what will happen to Plaquemines Parish and St. Bernard?
(a) They will have a drought.
(b) Their soil will become richer.
(c) They will benefit by an influx in jobs.
(d) They will flood.

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

6. What did Eads continue to do for a living in St. Louis after his family moved on?
(a) He opened a salvage business.
(b) He started building ships.
(c) He ran a plantation.
(d) He became an ironworker.

7. Who played a prominent role in getting Thompson's proposal approved?
(a) Hoover.
(b) Will Percy.
(c) Butler.
(d) Coolridge.

8. Why did LeRoy Percy's popularity increase as the Klan began to fall apart?
(a) He donated a lot of money to the poor.
(b) He was running for president.
(c) He was the one who broke the Klan up.
(d) He was seen as the voice of reason.

9. What happened in the Mississippi region between 1884-1889?
(a) Someone drove a submarine down the Mississippi.
(b) The Hoover Dam was built.
(c) The first person traveled cross country.
(d) Railroads developed quickly.

10. What did the official report about the mouth of the Mississippi that Eads wrote finally say?
(a) The channel is 16 feet deep but a sandbar still exists.
(b) The channel did not get any deeper.
(c) The channel is 16 feet deep with no sandbar.
(d) The channel is only 14 feet deep and the sandbar is still there.

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

12. Why did most levees fail?
(a) Low quality materials.
(b) Poor designing.
(c) Tampering with the levees.
(d) Water pressure.

13. In what ways was New Olreans described?
(a) By its history, geography, flavor and culture.
(b) By the animals and plants that are found there.
(c) By its climate.
(d) By the demographics of the population.

14. As floodwaters raged, what was happening to the crevasse at Mounds Landing?
(a) It quickly widened.
(b) It broke completely open.
(c) It got smaller.
(d) It got deeper.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Hoover accept the offer to head the flood relief committee?

2. What did St. Bernard and Plaquemines Parishes demand if Thompson's plan is implemented?

3. What did Thompson and others feel would damage the economy of New Orleans?

4. As other cities are flooding, why did panic erupt amongst the residents in New Orleans?

5. Who finally gave approval for Thompson to organize his plan when he arrives back to the Delta area?

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