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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. What does Magnus Magnusson tell Thorbjorn Sigurgeirsson to protect first during the eruptions of 1973?
(a) Harbor.
(b) City.
(c) Fisheries.
(d) Canneries.

2. A towboat is designed to:
(a) Push large cargo ships.
(b) Push barges.
(c) Pull large cargo ships.
(d) Pull barges.

3. The author asserts that due to floods in the region, Louisiana loses how much land each year?
(a) Fifty square miles.
(b) Seven hundred acres.
(c) A thousand square miles.
(d) Three acres.

4. Why do residents of Heimaey hose down oncoming lava?
(a) Act of desperation in fear of the oncoming lava.
(b) Because of local superstitions.
(c) It was attempted there before successfully.
(d) Create a chilled wall of lava to stop the flow.

5. Officials propose to protect Hilo, Hawaii's second-largest city and port, against lava flows through what?
(a) Relocation.
(b) Barriers.
(c) Careful monitoring.
(d) Plexiglass shields.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Major General Thomas Sands do each year on the Mississippi in late summer or early fall?

2. The citrus groves that once occupied the space at the foot of the San Gabriel Mountains have been replaced by:

3. What position does Magnus Magnusson hold in 1973?

4. The author tells the story of a gun enthusiast in the San Gabriel Mountains who put tissue as wadding in his muzzleloader and ends up:

5. Carl Gunn, a retiree living in a small house at the base of a steep slope in Southern California, says he likes living there because of what?

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