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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 the U.S. Army Air Corps do to an insulating vent on Mauna Loa volcano in 1935?
(a) Floods it with water.
(b) Fills it with boulders.
(c) Attaches vibration sensors.
(d) Bombs it.

2. What does James B. Eads invent to explore the Mississippi River?
(a) Submarine.
(b) Underwater camera.
(c) Water telescope.
(d) Glass-bottom boat.

3. The author notes that some Los Angeles County residents consider debris basins to be what?
(a) Extremely reliable.
(b) Ineffective.
(c) An assault on nature.
(d) A necessity.

4. From St. Louis down to the Atchafalaya, General Sands takes note of what?
(a) Storms.
(b) Number of bird colonies.
(c) Number of private boats.
(d) Complaints.

5. In the early days of New Orleans, residents build their homes on what?
(a) Metal bridges.
(b) Sand piles.
(c) Natural levees.
(d) Concrete risers.

Short Answer Questions

1. How are residents and livestock evacuated from Heimaey during the 1973 eruptions?

2. What do work crews call the two-million ton floating mountain that breaks off during the 1973 eruptions?

3. Throughout the book, a predominant theme is that the following gets in the way of man's plans:

4. How much had Los Angeles County's debris basins trapped at the time this book was written?

5. Even though Los Angeles gets less rainfall than other major cities do, the rain it does get can fall:

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