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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Cooling the Lava.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For how many years after the Old River Control begins does the operation appear to be successful?
(a) Ten.
(b) Twenty-one.
(c) Sixteen.
(d) Two.

2. In gallons, how much water is pumped onto the lava flows of Heimaey each day?
(a) Thirteen hundred.
(b) Thirty thousand.
(c) Thirty million.
(d) Thirteen thousand.

3. After being hosed down, how long does it take for red-hot lava to turn black?
(a) Hours to days.
(b) Four weeks.
(c) A month and a half.
(d) Two and a half weeks.

4. Thorbjorn Sigurgeirsson is a native of which country?
(a) Greenland.
(b) Sweden.
(c) Finland.
(d) Iceland.

5. In a conversation between General Sands and Oliver Houck on a floating conference boat, what does the General remind Houck regarding the vital role of the U.S. Army Corps?
(a) This is the only organization that has ever succeeded in maintaining order in New Orleans.
(b) The Corps is keeping his neighborhood safe from nine feet of water.
(c) The Corps keeps the region safe against criminals.
(d) No other organization has authority to control Louisiana's rivers.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the early 1800s, private plantation owners in Louisiana levee riverbanks to:

2. In 1973, what happens to the Old River Control structure despite engineers drilling it and filling it with cement?

3. In 1973, the eruptions in Heimaey begin on January 23 and continue vigorously before diminishing in strength through when?

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

5. The author asserts that due to floods in the region, Louisiana loses how much land each year?

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