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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Los Angeles Against the Mountains.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Vestmannaeyjar holds how much of Iceland's total population?
(a) Forty-two and a half percent.
(b) Twenty-two percent.
(c) Two and a half percent.
(d) Twelve percent.

2. What does the 1927 flood in Louisiana teach officials about levees?
(a) They make the flooding problem worse.
(b) They work beautifully.
(c) They need to be built taller.
(d) More need to be constructed faster.

3. Who is Leon Silver?
(a) Biochemist at UCSD.
(b) Psychologist at Stanford.
(c) Soil specialist at UCLA.
(d) Geologist at Cal-Tech.

4. The first debris basin in Southern California starts out as what?
(a) Gold mine.
(b) Cattle ranch.
(c) Working gravel pit.
(d) Dry pond.

5. During the fifty years between New Orleans' floods of 1735 and 1785, what does the author say brings a false sense of security against flooding?
(a) Concrete seawalls.
(b) Drought conditions.
(c) Prosperous economic boom.
(d) Extended, raised levees.

Short Answer Questions

1. By 1812, the east bank of the Mississippi River is levied up to which city?

2. The Hawaiian Research Association forms for what purpose?

3. What does Wade Wells tell visiting scientists about the San Gabriel Mountains?

4. What are dry winds that cross the Mojave Desert called?

5. The oldest parts of Iceland are how old?

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