1. The author states that how much of New Orleans lies fifteen feet below sea level?
(a) All of it.
(b) Ten percent.
(c) One quarter.
(d) Half.

2. How are residents and livestock evacuated from Heimaey during the 1973 eruptions?
(a) By boats, trains, and planes.
(b) By ships and trains.
(c) By ships, planes, and boats.
(d) By trains and planes.

3. In 1973, the eruptions in Heimaey begin on January 23 and continue vigorously before diminishing in strength through when?
(a) February 25th.
(b) February 5th.
(c) March 1st.
(d) January 30th.

4. What does Wade Wells tell visiting scientists about the San Gabriel Mountains?
(a) They rise faster than they erode.
(b) They cannot be tamed.
(c) Scientists need to leave them alone.
(d) They are dangerously unpredictable.

5. As the Genofile family watches the lightning storm from windows at the back of their home, what do they see?
(a) Robbers leaving their home.
(b) A family of deer in their backyard.
(c) A towering wall of water headed towards their property.
(d) A massive blackness moving down from the mountain.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the spring of 1973, what does the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers do to try to alleviate the tremendous force of water against the control structure?

2. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers develops a plan to do what?

3. What does the 1927 flood in Louisiana teach officials about levees?

4. The first debris basin in Southern California starts out as what?

5. Both Iceland and Hawaii are the world's most what?

(see the answer key)

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